A man who banned his girlfriend from using Snapchat and controlled her use of Facebook has been jailed for his psychological abuse after a relationship that lasted less than a month.

Matthew Bailey, 24, prohibited care assistant Molly Cunliffe, 19, from posting selfies on Snapchat, ordered her not to swap Facebook and Instagram messages with heterosexual men and told her she was not allowed to put kisses at the end of social media posts.

Bailey would regularly check Miss Cunliffe's mobile phone, tell her what to wear and demanded she send him pictures to prove she was at home.

During a four-week romance, Bailey also bombarded Miss Cunliffe with calls - sometimes up to 30 calls in the space of half an hour - and then falsely accused her of cheating on him whenever she did not answer.

In one phone call, Bailey warned her: "You'll get a car through your front window and I'll stab you in the neck. You know what I'm capable of."

Miss Cunliffe, from Bolton, Greater Manchester tried to end the relationship but Bailey then threatened to kill her family.

At Manchester Magistrates' Court, Bailey, from Horwich, near Bolton was jailed for six months after he was found guilty of engaging in controlling or coercive behaviour in an intimate relationship. He was also barred from contacting Miss Cunliffe for five years under the terms of a restraining order.