members of her family when he appeared in Magistrates' Court this week.

Avonn Bruce Browne, of Riviera Crescent, who also admitted a charge of threatening behaviour, told the Wor. Cheryl-Ann Mapp he was in a scuffle with his estranged girlfriend and her sister and mother on February 12 at Munro Lane, Southampton.

Two of the women received hsopital treatment, said prosecutor Sgt. Donald Grant.

Ms Mapp set bail at $1,000. Sentencing is on May 25.

One of the women alleged Browne had broken into her residence.

Browne denied punching one of the women in the stomach but said: "She slapped me so I just slapped her back.''