A 35-year-old convicted drug dealer is banned from entering Worcester after an assault upon a former partner.

Luke Dayus, who has served time for dealing cannabis, admitted assault by beating when he appeared before Judge Martin Jackson at Worcester Crown Court on Tuesday.

Dayus of Paddock Hill, Droitwich, formerly of Worcester, carried out the assault on May 1 this year against Christina Lambourne.

The defendant admitted the assault upon a basis (which the Crown chose not to contest) that what happened was as a result of an event that occurred in circumstances where he was 'subject to various medications and in pain at the time'.

Tim Sapwell, prosecuting, said the victim in her full account reported that she 'was struck by him on three separate occasions during the course of May 1' and invited the court to adjourn for a pre-sentence report and to get an update from the victim of the assault.

We have previously reported how Dayus and twin brother Shaun were jailed in 2018 for conspiring to supply 20 kilograms of cannabis worth more than than £200,000 in street value.

At the time Judge Robert Juckes QC said that he had no sympathy for them as he jailed Shaun for 40 and Luke for 30 months.

Cash and the drugs were discovered at Shaun’s Cranham Drive property, as well as at Luke’s Selsey Close property, who he shared with partner Christina Lambourne who had also pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply at an earlier hearing.

Judge Martin Jackson agreed to adjourn the sentence for this year's assault until October 22 for an all options pre-sentence report to be prepared by the probation service. An all options report includes the prospect of immediate custody.

"Custody is something the court will be considering on the next occasion" said Judge Jackson. In the meantime Dayus was granted bail on condition he lives and sleeps at the address provided to the court and remains on an electronically tagged curfew between 7pm and 7am.

He must not contact Christina Lambourne directly or indirectly. An exclusion zone prohibits him from entering Worcester save to attend doctor's appointments, hospital, court or probation service appointments.