A DUMBARTON man who violently attacked his partner at the home they shared in Milton has been told that his eventual fate lies in his own hands.

Cheyanne Hillier attacked the woman at the Lennox Drive property on April 8 – but at a court hearing on Friday a bail condition preventing him from contacting his partner was removed after she said she would take him back.

Hillier, 36, had pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to seizing hold of his partner, pulling her on to a bed, pinning her down, seizing her by the hair, pulling her from the bed, chasing her, seizing her by the neck, pinning her against a wall, throwing her against a radiator, causing her to fall to the ground, and throwing her on a couch and striking her on the head.

Hillier, currently living at Whiteford Place in Bellsmyre, also admitted causing his partner fear or alarm by repeatedly uttering derogatory remarks and threats of violence nad throwing items around the house.

A previous court hearing heard that Hillier had been so ashamed of his drunken attack that he didn't ask for bail when he was first brought to court – and that his fiancee had sent a note while he was still in jail, saying that she was willing to take him back.

That hearing was told that Hillier had come home drunk on the night of the attack, called the woman “a f*****g mongrel” and said “you're so fake, you have nothing to offer”.

Hillier pulled his partner to the bed and then pinned her down – and though she managed to get free, he chased after her and pinned her against a wall.

She freed herself for a second time before Hillier pushed her against a radiator in the living room, where she fell to the ground before Hillier slapped her to the right side of her face.

The woman had pain to her jaw and lower back and leg, a red mark on her hair line and a small cut under an eye as a result of the attack, but didn't need hospital treatment.

Hillier's solicitor, Steven Wight, told Friday's review hearing that his client had accepted the need for counselling and relationship guidance, and was willing to take “baby steps” to recover the relationship.

Deferring sentence for three months for Hillier to be of good behaviour, Sheriff Maxwell Hendry said: “What happens next is going to have an effect on the punishment I impose.

“If there was to be any further trouble caused by you I will take a very dim view of the situation.

“If you abuse that opportunity things will go badly for you.

"If I am told you've handled the situation intelligently and maturely I will be able to mitigate the sentence I imposed."

Hillier was released on bail under the standard conditions; he will return to court on September 29, when an updated social work report will also be provided.