BIRTHDAY celebrations turned nasty after Redditch BNP councillor David Enderby knocked at the door.

Enderby appeared at Kidderminster Magistrates Court on Monday, January 22 charged with three counts of assault.

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

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, Noel 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?"