A 23-YEAR-OLD man 'off his head' on drink and drugs launched a vicious attack on his teenage girlfriend.

Blackburn magistrates heard Wayne Sean Gilligan pinned his girlfriend on the floor and was screaming wildly as he put his face against hers.

He then picked her up by the ankles and when she was nearly vertical dropped her on the floor hurting her back.

The court heard Gilligan removed the handle from the front door so his victim couldn’t get out and she eventually had to climb out of the kitchen window to escape her ordeal.

Gilligan, of Henthorn Road, Clitheroe, pleaded guilty to assault.

He was sentenced to six weeks in prison suspended for 12 months and made subject to 12 months community supervision with a six months drug rehabilitation requirement.

He was also ordered to pay £100 compensation.