A 24-year-old man who admitted assaulting his partner will be sentenced later this month.
Michael Brown also pleaded guilty at Jedburgh Sheriff Court to a second charge of behaving in a threatening or abusive manner at his home in Minto Place, Hawick, on September 3.
On a separate complaint Brown pleaded guilty to assaulting a fellow inmate at Saughton Prison on October 2 by repeatedly punching him on the head and body to his injury.
Sentence was deferred until November 19 at Selkirk Sheriff Court for a mental health assessment to be considered.
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