Scorned: Sally Hallett, 32, said she smashed her ex-fiance's car after he refused to give her money

A scorned bride-to-be smashed up her ex-fiancé's car with a hammer after he refused to give her money for their cancelled wedding, a court heard.

Sally Hallett, 32, carried out the revenge attack after Stuart Sams refused to help pay for the wedding dress she never got to wear.

The court heard she told Mr Sams: 'If you think you have seen drama, I will show you', before taking a hammer out of her handbag and striking the car outside his office in Barnstaple, Devon.

After she was arrested, Hallett told police officers: 'He refused to give me my money so, yes, I smashed his car.'

Hallett has been given a six month restraining order preventing her from contacting Mr Sams after pleading guilty to criminal damage.

North Devon Magistrates' Court heard the couple had been in an on-off relationship for around a year and had been due to wed last August.

Hallett, who represented herself in court, claimed they had agreed to split the wedding costs equally.

Prosecutor Lyndsey Baker said when Mr Sams ended their relationship, Hallett 'started swearing at him and asking him for money'.

Hallett said she asked him for £150 for the deposit on her wedding dress.

Mrs Baker said Hallett tried to persuade Mr Sams to give her money, by saying: 'I will come and get it and I will show you drama - if you think you have seen drama, I will show you.'

Damage: Hallett was captured on CCTV taking a hammer out of her bag and striking Mr Sams' windscreen

Revenge attack: Hallett smashed Mr Sams' car (pictured) in the car park of his workplace on March 23

The court heard how Hallett visited Mr Sams' workplace on March 23. When asked what she was doing, she said she had 'come to get her money'.

She was caught on CCTV as she 'took something from her hand bag' and started 'smashing' his car after reportedly repeating her request for money.

Hallett repeatedly hit the windscreen and used the hammer to scratch and dent the body of the car.

Hallett told the court: 'All I wanted was my money and my goods which belonged to my children. He refused to give me my money so, yes, I smashed his car.'

Probation asked the court to consider the fact that Hallett, from Barnstaple was on income support, so of limited means and that there were some 'mental health concerns'.

Before sentencing, Magistrates told Hallett: 'Ladies walking around with hammers in their handbags is not the done thing.'

Scratched: Hallett also used the hammer to damage the body of Mr Sams' car, pictured above

Speaking today, Hallett said she had 'no regrets' over the incident.

Hallett, of Barnstaple, Devon, said: 'It's done. It's not murder. I've no regrets. I'm the sort of person who sticks up for herself and I'll teach my children to stick up for themselves too.

'Yes, it wasn't the right thing to do. But he took the mick so I smashed his car.

'To be honest he's ended up worse off now because he didn't have the insurance. After getting me taken to court he's ended up with only £100 compensation.'

Hallett was sentenced to a six-month community order with a ten-day rehabilitation requirement.