Steven Manson spent his festive season behind bars (Picture: Facebook)

A man spent Christmas and New Year in prison after smashing up his girlfriend’s flat because she had bought him a £2 Lynx set as a present.

Steven Manson, 21, from Paisley, lost the plot with his partner Nicole Armstrong, 21, after she told him she had bought him the gift set for Christmas.

The court heard that Manson, a cleaner, was staying at his girlfriend’s house on December 1 when he became enraged about the gift.

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Manson asked Ms Armstrong ‘Is that all I am worth?’ and lost his temper, jumping up and down and waving his arms around, before she pushed him away.




Ms Armstrong said: ‘He came over to the house and we had an argument. I had been out Christmas shopping. I had bought him a Lynx set. He wasn’t happy about it.

‘He said, “Is that all I am worth?” It cost £2 and was only something I had picked up. I would have got him something better. But the Lynx set came back up again and the argument escalated from there.’

He wasn’t happy with his Christmas present (Picture: Amazon)

The Daily Record reported that the argument between the two then escalated in the kitchen and he punched a hole in the door, and then kicked her veranda door while he was waiting for a taxi inside.

Ms Armstrong, who is no longer in a relationship with Manson, then called the police and reported him.

Manson also told the court that they had argued after he asked her about the Christmas present she had bought him.

He said: ‘She told me “I have picked you up a Lynx set”. I asked her, “What else are you getting me?”. She said, “What else am I getting you! You ungrateful b******. You know I’m going to get you more than that”.

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‘I went to give her a cuddle and she pushed me away. It all started from there.’

However, he was cleared of assaulting Ms Armstrong by pinning her down and grabbing her by the throat, and of a charge of putting her in state of fear and alarm, after trial at Paisley Sheriff Court yesterday.

He was found guilty of a charge of damaging her kitchen door by punching a hole in it and was ordered to pay £100 compensation, but avoided a longer prison sentence after his lawyer Mark Chamber said: ‘My client has spent 30 days in custody since he was arrested in respect of this matter. He spent Christmas and New Year in jail. That is equivalent to a two-month prison sentence.’