A THUG hurled vile racial slurs at a police officer after attacking his partner during a drug and booze binge.

Brett Adams left a woman with a black eye, bruised arms and and a lump on her head following the attack in Basildon.

The 33-year-old, of no fixed address, had previously been given a suspended sentence for cocaine possession and was wearing an electronic tag.

However, he ripped of the tag to go on the alcohol and drug binge before launching the attack.

He was sentenced at Southend Crown Court yesterday and was jailed for 22 weeks.

Prosecuting, Cheta Patel, said: “The defendant and the victim were in an on-and-off relationship and some of the incidents happened at her home.

“They had an argument and he went off in a drug and drink rampage and he went back to her home on July 11 this year.

“Police were called various times and the woman refused to help officers, but there was an altercation at the door where he forced it shut and caused her to stumble and she suffered a lump to her head.

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“He shouted racial slurs and swore at police. On August 8 he went back to her house and caused damaged to various things in her home and grabbed her, leaving her with bruised arms.”

The court also heard he had elbowed the victim, leaving her with the black eye on August 12.

He had been given a suspended sentence for cocaine possession weeks before these incidents.

The victim spoke in court and told the hearing he would “never intentionally hurt her and they loved and missed each other”.

Mitigating, Natalie Bird told the court he went on binges when feeling low and this sparked his offending.

Judge Samantha Cohen said: “With the exception of five years between 2015 and 2020, you committed 49 offences in past which were rather deeply unpleasant and thuggish.

“The victim seems able to forgive you and blame herself, wrongly in my opinion.”

The suspended sentence was extended until June next year with 30 rehabilitation activity requirement days.

He admitted two counts of common assault, three counts of criminal damage, two counts of racially aggravated intentional harassment and harassment.