A husband ignored a court's restraining order and broke into his estranged wife's Redditch home in the early hours.

Babar Nadeem used a rock to smash the kitchen window and was found in the lounge sitting on a sofa.

He told his terrified wife Saiqi Bibi Siddique: "This is my house, I want to stay here," said Peter Tooke, prosecuting at Worcester Crown Court.

Nadeem had been released from jail on licence from a two-month sentence for a similar offence only five days before the break-in.

The victim told police she felt he would "forever haunt her" and was considering moving from her home in Mount Street.

Magistrates had imposed a two-year restraining order on Nadeem in May 2004 under the Protection from Harassment Act, forbidding contact with his wife or abusing her, physically or verbally.

Nadeem, aged 24, formerly of Bromsgrove Road, Redditch, pleaded guilty to breaching the order and was jailed for two years.

Judge David McEvoy QC said it was plain the defendant had not accepted his marriage was over or that he had broken the law.

"There is a very substantial risk that you will break in again," the judge said. "Until you change your mind-set you are a danger to your wife. I'm seeking to protect her."

The victim's mother heard banging on their door at 2am on June 21 this year and heard glass breaking. By the light of a street lamp, Nadeem was seen pulling glass fragments from the window and reaching in to undo the latch, said Mr Tooke.

Police were called to the house and arrested him. He told them he had nowhere else to stay.

The victim explained that she felt continually threatened by him, found it difficult to sleep and was always scared she would see his face.

Mr Nisharn Sidhu-Brar, defending, said Nadeem had lived on the streets since his release from prison and in a fit of depression went to the house.

He had come over from Pakistan to marry and had worked hard for three years before separating from his wife. After his release he planned to leave Britain.