A MUM-of-two has told a jury she was attacked in her own home by her ex-boyfriend and one of his pals.

Charlotte Dyer ended up with a broken arm and thigh injury after she was punched and hit with a baseball bat, Worcester Crown Court heard.

It was alleged Robert Dickson, the estranged father of her children, and brothers Martin and Kevin Butt broke into her house in Flavel Road, Bromsgrove.

The prosecution claimed Dickson and Martin Butt, nicknamed Bugsy, also assaulted her in a pub before the break-in and that Dickson offered her £1,000 not to give evidence against him in a trial.

"I heard the door being kicked in," she said, giving evidence.

"Rob hit me on the head. Bugsy hit me with the baseball bat. I was scared, crying."

Neighbours, who had council equipment installed to record noise, captured the attack on tape. Miss Dyer's screams and whimpers were played to the jury.

The Bromsgrove trio all deny aggravated burglary in September last year in which they allegedly inflicted grievous bodily harm on Miss Dyer.

Dickson, aged 27, of Lyttelton Avenue, and 33-year-old Martin Butt, of Talbot Road, also denied common assault on Miss Dyer in the pub.

Dickson denies perverting the course of justice.

Prosecutor Nicolas Cartwright claimed resentment simmered after Dickson found out other people were in Miss Dyer's home while the children were staying for the weekend.

Solicitors were trying to reach agreement over access.

Miss Dyer said Dickson failed to pick the four and six-year-old up after the weekend and she found him and the brothers drinking in the Sugarbrook pub, Bromsgrove.

Dickson began hitting her and Martin Butt grabbed her. Outside the pub she was kicked and she cried all the way home.

After taking a bath, she heard a break-in. The towel she was wearing was ripped off in the attack.

Kevin Butt, 27, of Edwin Crescent, stayed by the door and asked the others to stop. Eventually, the trio left.

A day before the original trial in August, Dickson drove her to a Tardebigge pub.

"He didn't want me to come to court. He asked me not to turn up," she said.

"I said I had to. He said the children were better off with him."

When a friend came to pick her up, Dickson began shouting abuse and hurled a pint glass at her car.

Tariq Shakoor, defending Dickson, said Miss Dyer had broken a contact agreement to only have the children when she was on her own.

He claimed she was abusive towards Dickson for not picking the children up.

The trial continues on Tuesday.