An angry man threw half a brick which struck his partner’s forehead after she demanded he strip down naked so she could smell his “private area”.

Patrick Albert Slater, 32, yesterday faced Kalgoorlie Magistrate’s Court and was jailed for seven months after pleading guilty to unlawful wounding in circumstances of aggravation.

The court was told Slater went to the shop to buy cigarettes on Wednesday and had stopped by a family member’s home for a chat.

When he returned home he was quizzed about what had taken so long by his partner, who punched him in the shoulder and demanded he strip naked so she could see and smell his “private area” to check if he had been sleeping with another woman.

Slater’s lawyer, Elvis Stokes, said Slater asked her to leave, but she instead went to the nearby mattress to grab her phone.

Slater then grabbed half a house brick which he intended to smash the TV with, but it hit his partner in the forehead instead, causing significant bleeding.

The victim immediately hit the ground and blacked out, before regaining consciousness in a dazed state.

She was taken to Kalgoorlie Hospital and received 10 sutures.

Mr Stokes said his client was sorry for what had happened, and he had not intentionally thrown the brick at her head.

“In the heat of the argument when he was asked to strip down so she could smell his private parts he got angry, he lost it,” he said.

“He forgot what he was doing and he picked up the brick and threw it to smash the TV, but it hit her in the forehead.”

The court was told Slater, who appeared in police custody, had a history of domestic violence, including offending against the same woman which resulted in him being sent to prison in March 2017.