A man who damaged his ex-partner’s letter box and attempted to breach a licensing ban three times has been jailed for 20 weeks.

Damian Borratynski, aged 33, of no fixed address, admitted a charge of property damage and behaviour likely to cause belief immediate unlawful violence may be used as well as the three breach attempts.

Prosecuting advocate Hazel Carroon told the court Borratynski went to the address of his ex-partner on Valentine’s Day.

Borratynski was outside the house shouting and swearing at his ex, threatening to ’break the windows’.

He kicked the door and damaged a letter box.

His former partner said that she asked him to leave twice but he refused so she called the police.

Borratynksi then told her: ’Open this door or I’m going to kill you. You will regret this. I will kill you. I can’t believe you contacted the police.’

The woman said she had ended the relationship about one and a half years ago but felt that Borratynski would not leave her alone unless he was deported.

Meanwhile, the court heard that Borratynski was made the subject of the licensing ban in August last year.

However on September 7 at 2am he tried to buy half a bottle of vodka from Ellan Vannin Fuels on Peel Road in Douglas but was recognised and refused.On October 3 he tried again when he attempted to buy vodka from the convenience store in Windsor Road but was refused.

Borratynski then tried to breach the ban for a third time on November 27, this time at the Co-op in Port St Mary where he entered with his hood pulled tightly around his face but was still recognised.

Defence advocate Paul Glover referred to a probation report which said that the key theme in his client’s offending was his relationship with alcohol.

’By his own admission he was drinking 14 units of alcohol per day when the maximum recommended is 14 per week.

’All his previous convictions were committed in relation to alcohol or at a time when he was intoxicated.

’It is a worrying pattern which he knows he has to break.’

High Bailiff Jayne Hughes sentenced Borratynski to 16 weeks’ custody for the public order offence and eight weeks for the property damage to run concurrently.

He was also sentenced to another four weeks to run consecutively, to replace a combination order which was in place at the time of the offence for a previous theft.