A "self-centred" dad turned up at the mother of his child's home at 3am and smashed up her car and yelled through the window. Ashley Robinson then forced his way into her house, took her keys and drove off in the car that he had damaged moments earlier.
The 33-year-old was released from custody following a hearing at Bolton Crown Court as a judge said that his 'hands were tied' by sentencing guidelines in terms of the maximum jail term he could hand out.
Robinson, of Musgrave Gardens, Bolton, had been in a "troubled relationship" with the victim, the court was told. Earlier this year, the pair were not living together and Robinson had tried to contact the woman several times on February 11.
