Kevin Carpenter pinned down his terrified partner in front of children and rained down blows

A 999 operator was told “daddy is headbutting mummy” by a desperate eight-year-old boy, a court heard.

The terrified youngster made the call after Kevin Carpenter, 41, battered his wife in a drunken rage on Saturday, June 6.

Dad-of-two Carpenter, of Lower Green, Wirral pleaded guilty to assault at Liverpool Magistrates’ Court today.

Angie Rowan, prosecuting, told the court officers arrived in Lower Green to find the house in darkness.

She said: “The officers realised the front door was unsecured and due to the type of call they entered the property, in the interests of preserving life.

“They found the defendant downstairs with injuries to his nose. Upstairs they found the victim with two children, clearly distressed and upset. The son had called police to say daddy is headbutting mummy.”

The victim told police that her husband had pinned her to the couch by the wrists and headbutted her to the face several times.

Ms Rowan said: “She begged him to stop but he continued. The victim then bit the defendant to get him off her.”

The court heard the defendant had been drinking when the attack took place.

Mr Patrick Heald, defending, said Carpenter could not remember whether he had headbutted his wife more than once, but accepted his wife’s statement.

He said his client had previous convictions for drink driving but had no convictions for violence.

Deputy District Judge Alexandra Simmonds adjourned sentencing until July 1 for a pre-sentence report to be prepared.

Carpenter was granted bail with the conditions not to contact the victim or to go to her address in Lower Green.