REDDITCH BNP councillor David Enderby was this afternoon found guilty of three counts of assault by beating.

He was fined £100 for each of the counts and ordered to pay £100 costs at Kidderminster Magistrates Court.

The 45-year-old Winyates councillor had denied the charges relating to an incident last June.

The two-day hearing was told birthday celebrations turned nasty after Enderby knocked at the door. The court heard he entered his mother-in-law's house without being invited and assaulted three occupants before being thrown out.

His estranged wife, teaching assistant Jane Enderby, said: "He sang Happy Birthday and walked into the house and I said it is not our house - wait to be asked in. He glared and carried on walking.

"Mum came out of the living room and she said, This is my house David and you have not been asked in, please wait on the step'."

Mrs Enderby said he swore and glared at her then grabbed her mother, Noelwin Campion, by the arms and pushed her aside to gain entry into the lounge.

While there, he pushed another family member onto the floor before he was restrained in a headlock.

Mrs Enderby said: "He sent everything flying in the lounge."

She added he then grabbed her by the arms and pushed her into the wall saying, "I have had enough of you, I am going to get you."

Three family members suffered bruises in the ensuing melee before Enderby was forced out of the house.

Brett Stevenson, defending, suggested Mrs Enderby - who is divorcing her husband after 15 years of marriage - had embellished the story.

He said: "You were unreasonable in keeping him on the step - were you trying to humiliate him?"

Mrs Campion said Enderby had entered the house to take back presents.

She said: "He was in a rage. He pushed me in the chest and pushed me backwards."

She said other members of the family were screaming. She called the police.

Enderby, a former soldier, said he did not swear.

He said after he had entered the house, a number of family members held him and grabbed him around the neck.

"I did not threaten anybody, either physically or verbally. I did not assault anybody," he said.

But chairman of magistrates Janet Wigfield said that the evidence given by the family had been genuinely credible.

Sally Badham, prosectuting, told to Enderby: "If you had stopped at the door, all this would never have happened."

Enderby's brother Dean gave evidence that his brother had also been bruised in the incident.

Mr Stevenson said: "What should have been a perfectly pleasant and happy occasion very rapidly led towards disaster.

"Unfortunately, a series of events had taken place, a struggle ensued and injuries occurred."

After the case, Enderby said his conviction would make no difference to his position on the council.