A MAN banged on the door of his former partner's home and shouted insults, Plymouth magistrates heard.

David Jenkins, aged 37, was fined for threatening behaviour. He had denied the offence but changed his plea to guilty, the court was told.

Jenkins, of Marlborough Street, Devonport, admitted threatening behaviour on July 24 and being drunk and disorderly on January 31.

Eoin McCarthy, for the Crown Prosecution Service, said Jenkins visited the Devonport home of his ex-partner and banged on the door, shouting insults at about 11.30pm.

He said police were called to a report of men fighting in Park Avenue in Devonport on the night of January 31. He said they found Jenkins in the street "drunk and abusive".

Alan Harris, for Jenkins, said "things had moved on" and the woman had moved away from Devonport. He added that he was caught up in the second incident when he left his flat to remonstrate with some noisy youths in the street.

Magistrates fined him £100 and ordered that he pay £15 victim surcharge for the public order offence. He was given a 12-month conditional discharge for being drunk and disorderly.

Jenkins was also given a two-year restraining order preventing him from contacting or approaching his ex-partner.