A WOMAN threw an aerosol can at her dad because he didn't take her side in a row with a family friend who had "pretended" to set her hair on fire with a cigarette lighter.

Blackburn magistrates heard the canister caused a head cut which needed six staples and the incident left Philip Anderson saying he didn't want anything more to do with his daughter and asking for a restraining order.

Bethany Page Taylor, 22, of Townley Street, Burnley, pleaded guilty to assaulting Mr Anderson causing him actual bodily harm. She was made subject to a curfew between 7 pm and 7 am for 12 weeks and ordered to pay £200 compensation, £85 costs and £95 victim surcharge. She was made subject to a restraining order for two years which prohibits any contact with her father or entering Cog Lane, Burnley, where he lives.

Parveen Akhtar, prosecuting, said Mr Philips, his wife, the defendant and her boyfriend were at home having a brew when a family friend called Robert called by.

"He is described as a bit of a practical joker and he grabbed the defendant's hair and clicked a lighter close to it," said Miss Akhtar. "She told him to stop messing around, her boyfriend also told him to stop and an argument started."

Mr Philips thought it better not to get involved because of his high blood pressure and after Robert left his daughter had a go at him for not sticking up for her.

"Without warning she threw an aerosol can at him and it hit him on top of the head," said Miss Akhtar. "His head was bleeding and he went to hospital for treatment."

Robin Phoenix, defending, said the first assault had been on his client when Robert pretended to set her hair on fire.

"It is said the lighter was broken but my client didn't know that," said Mr Phoenix.

"She wears hair lacquer and it was quite frightening for her. Her boyfriend stuck up for her and she was upset her dad didn't. In a fit of pique she threw the aerosol can."

Mr Phoenix said his client had no previous convictions and was highly unlikely to ever trouble the courts again.