A woman bravely fought back against her attacker but was left with a fractured nose and eye socket during a horrific assault.
She visited her mother-in-law at an address in Pym Street, St Ann's, where she found Anton Scott and the flat in a state of disarray, Nottingham Crown Court heard.
Her mother-in-law said Scott was responsible for the mess and there was an argument last November.
Scott, of Exchange Road, West Bridgford, threatened to hit the woman. He threw a remote control which hit her after it bounced off her mother-in-law.
"He hit her with a roll of wrapping paper," explained Jon Fountain, prosecuting. "He went to punch her and continued to punch her until she hit him back in self-defence and had hold of him around the throat".
That stopped Scott and she released her grip. But he came back towards her and she stumbled backwards and fell on the floor.
"He struck her with a glass-topped table at least once to the face and chest area", said Mr Fountain.
By now the woman had gone backwards onto a sofa where she was kicked in the face by Scott - bursting her nose open - then he used a canvas picture frame to hit her on the forehead.
The injured woman - who had bruising on her body - called a taxi and went to the Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, where it was confirmed she had a fractured nose and eye socket but at the time did not need surgery.
Her mother-in-law, who was in ill health at the time, has since passed away. The victim "is saddened in the remaining months she (her mother-in-law) had to witness this violence in her flat," added Mr Fountain.
Scott, who is 20 and appeared in court on a video link from HMP Nottingham, pleaded guilty to assault, causing bodily harm.
In mitigation, the court heard about Scott's turbulent childhood and upbringing, and how he was unable to put down roots in any one location for a period of time.
The victim has said he treated her as his own family, the court heard.
Judge Steven Coupland, who sentenced him to 19 months in youth custody, said at the time of this offence he was on licence for a previous assault, causing bodily harm of a domestic nature.
"It sounds to me, as it sounded to her (the victim) you were on drugs that evening, because of the way you were behaving", said the judge.
"For whatever reason, you lost control".
The judge spoke of Scott's previous convictions, saying "you have something like ten offences of common assault, assaulting a police officer, a section 20 offence and a robbery".
He said Scott will serve half his sentence and the remainder on licence, and imposed a restraining order not to contact the victim or go to a particular address.
