A DUMBARTON woman still wants to marry within weeks her fiancee who subjected her to a drunken attack - even though a court has banned him from setting foot in their street.

Cheyanne Hillier was so ashamed of his drunken attack on his partner in front of his baby he didn't even ask for bail when he was dragged to court.

His fiancée sent a note while he was in jail saying she still was willing to take him back and Hillier was told by a sheriff last week he was "very lucky".

He could yet return to prison if he steps out of line in the next six months, he was warned.

Around 8.30pm on April 8, a drunken Hillier returned to his home in Lennox Road, Milton.

An argument kicked off between the Hillier, 35, and his partner, during which Hillier, an engineer, went into the bathroom and the row continued through the door.

Hillier called her a "f***ing mongrel" and said "you're so fake, you have nothing to offer".

He went up to the bedroom and lay on the bed, his partner asking him to get up. Instead Hillier pulled her on top of him, initially making her think he was part of "play fighting".

But he pinned her to the bed and she asked to be let up as she felt pressure on her neck.

The woman managed to get free and ran from the bedroom, then returned when she thought Hillier was having an asthma attack.

Instead, he chased her and pinned her against the wall. Again, she freed herself and went to the living room and Hillier started throwing items across the room before pushing her against a radiator.

His fiancée fell to the ground and Hillier slapped her to the right side of her face. Police were called.

She had pain to her jaw and lower back and leg, a red mark on her hair line and a small cut under an eye. But she didn't need hospital treatment.

At Dumbarton Sheriff Court last week, Sheriff Maxwell Hendry said it was a "particularly nasty assault, which fortunately didn't result in more serious injuries".

Hillier's defence solicitor, Steven Wight, said the fiancée wrote to him while in custody "wishing him back".

But Sheriff Hendry said he saw nothing in the letter suggesting she wanted Hillier to live with her again.

Mr Wight said: "She currently wants to resume the relationship. I had some strong words with him in custody. He was full of remorse and he wants to be punished.

"I'm astonished he could still be called her fiancé. He instructed me not to move for bail because he wanted to be punished."

Hillier pleaded guilty last month to charges of threatening or abusive behaviour, making derogatory remarks and threats of violence and throwing items in the house in the presence of his baby. He also admitting assaulting his partner to her injury.

Sheriff Hendry agreed to let Hillier out on bail to a homeless unit in Alexandria and barred him from entering Lennox Road. But he didn't add special conditions preventing contact between the pair.

Mr Wight said the wedding was still set later this month and Sheriff Hendry said there was nothing to prevent that, but he couldn't go in her street.

He said: "There are strange aspects to this case. You're the sort of person I would not expect to see, but you're capable of behaving in the way you did.

"If she is still your fiancée, I find that astonishing, but you're a very lucky man.

"I'm creating a safe zone for the witness and her children, if they need it. If you breach it, you will move rapidly from being a respectable member of society to a substantial period in custody."

Sentence was deferred for good behaviour for six months.

The sheriff added: "if you do anything wrong, don't expect any sympathy from me."