A THUG slammed a woman against a kitchen cabinet during a 'brutal' explosion of violence after she dumped him.

During Samuel Jeffs's shocking rampage of violence he wielded a hammer and a knife and left his victim unconscious as her young children watched helplessly.

He went on to 'smash up' items around her home, some of which he owned, during what a court judge called an incident of 'mayhem.'

The 28-year-old of Grange Road, Banbury, had already admitted one count of unlawful wounding and another of causing criminal damage.

He appeared at Oxford Crown Court to be sentenced yesterday.

Outlining the case at that hearing prosecutor Matthew Walsh said that Jeffs was at the woman's Oxfordshire home on a night in November last year.

She had been out for drinks with friends and when she returned home at about 10.30pm she told Jeffs that their relationship was over.

What followed was a 'sustained violent outburst' which prosecutors said was a 'brutal attack, multiple blows and injuries, nasty in character.'

Describing the unprovoked violence Mr Walsh said the outburst was seen by the woman's child who were present.

He said the woman had a bucket of water thrown at her before she was hit to the head and face, with her mobile phone thrown at a wall.

Jeffs then threw a bottle of wine and threw her across a kitchen cabinet.

The woman's friends tried to intervene and one told him 'you are going to f***ing kill her.'

Jeffs replied: "You f***ing s**g you make me do this."

Wielding a hammer and knife at various points, but not using the items against the woman, he also smashed up various items in the house, some of which were his.

The woman suffered a period of unconsciousness and was left with injuries including a broken cheek bone.

Jeffs left the house before travelling to Tenerife and was only arrested on his return before he went on to admit the two offence.

The court also heard at the sentencing hearing that he has a total of 22 previous crimes to his name, including a number for violent offences.

In mitigation his defence barrister Michael Goold said there had been no pre-meditation and called the incident 'a sudden violent outburst.'

Sentencing, Judge Peter Ross said the ordeal was 'an episode of truly terrible violence.'

He said: "This is one horrible episode in someone's home [...] in the presence of her young children.

"She and they continue to suffer the results of what you did.

"I can only begin to imagine how horrendous this was for these children."

Jeffs was jailed for a total of 40 months and ordered to pay a statutory victim surcharge but no compensation or court costs.