A man beat up the mother of his two children in a domestic dispute, a court was told.

Janai Minors had to have five stitches to a gash in her forehead following the assault by ex-boyfriend, Jiquon Belboda.

Belboda, 30, pleaded guilty to grievous bodily harm at Magistrates' Court last week.

Crown counsel Carrington Mahoney said the incident took place at Ms Minors' home in Hamilton Parish on Sunday.

Ms Minors and Belboda had had an argument over the phone on August 15 and the following day it got physical.

Mr. Mahoney said Belboda punched the woman in the face "about four times" .

He then tried to drive away but Ms Minors blocked the roadway to which he responded by gunning the engine while edging toward her.

After she then threw a paperweight at the front windscreen, smashing it, he caught her and punched and kicked her about the head and body, injuries that required five stitches in hospital.

Belboda, of Warwick, told the court: "There's been numerous occasions when she has beaten me up and I've had enough of it. She messed up my car four times, my mother's car.

"I was trying to leave the situation but she was standing in the road. I got out of the car to tell her to get out of the way."

The court heard Belboda had a previous conviction for damage to Ms Minors' car and possession of an offensive weapon.

Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner ordered a Social Inquiry Report and remanded Belboda in custody until October 2.