A man shoved his girlfriend to the ground then reversed his car over her body after she told him he was too drunk to drive.

Robert Lovelock, 27, from New Stevenston, North Lanarkshire, who is also known as Robert MacDonald, drove his Vauxhall Corsa over Nicole Allan on April 10.

He admitted pushing Ms Allan to the ground and then driving over her to the danger of her life in the incident on Farm Road, Hamilton, South Lanarkshire.

Lovelock was originally charged with attempted murder, but his plea to the lesser offence was accepted by the Crown.

He also admitted striking her stepsister Elizabeth Cavanan on the body with the car.

Lovelock was sentenced to five years in prison at the High Court in Glasgow on Monday.

Judge Sean Murphy QC told him: "This is your fifth conviction for violence. You present a significant danger to the public."

The judge ordered Lovelock to be monitored in the community for three years after his release.

Lovelock , who is a prisoner in HMP Addiewell, also admitted assaulting Ms Allan on January 13 at his home on Woodside Street, New Stevenston

He caused her to fall and then as she lay on the floor bit her and kicked her repeatedly on the body.

She tried to get up and leave, but the accused got a knife and told her to stay. She eventually managed to leave the house and phone the police.

Defence QC Tony Graham said: "The accused was in a volatile relationship with Ms Allan. This relationship is now at an end."