A petty tyrant who launched a vicious attack on his wife has walked free from court.

Angur Ali broke his wife Rohima's nose when he repeatedly punched her - accusing her of damaging a pair of trousers he had asked her to repair.

Jennifer Edwards, prosecuting, told Oxford Crown Court Ali had ordered his wife to iron his clothes when he returned home on November 2, last year.

The court heard the 33-year-old then changed his mind and demanded she repair a damaged pair of trousers.

"He started hitting her," Ms Edwards told the court, "punching her head, hitting her hard in the cheek, face, back and neck."

Mrs Ali tried to escape the attack by reminding him she had to pick up two of their three children from school.

Ms Edwards told the court Ali continued to rain blows down on his wife before she managed to flee to a neigh- bour's house through an open window with their youngest child.

She added: "She was covered in blood and screaming: 'He is trying to kill me.'"

The court heard that Ali, of Cobden Crescent, Grandpont, Oxford, had been in custody for six months waiting for the case to come to court. He admitted one count of causing actual bodily harm.

He was sentenced to a two-year community order, which prohibits him from going within 400 metres of his wife's home in Williamson Way, Rose Hill, Oxford.

Lucy Tapper, defending, told the court her client had been diagnosed with a serious mental health condition.

She said: "He is regretful and ashamed. He feels he has lost the dignity and respect he had in the community."

She added: "I am not sure what can be achieved by keeping him in prison."

Judge Julian Hall agreed that there was no benefit in Ali serving more time in prison.