A BIG Issue seller broke into a woman's bedsit and committed a series of disgusting acts.

Peter Broughton, 34, was jailed for 60 days after magistrates told him the case was "one of the most repugnant" they had heard.

Broughton, of Tennyson Avenue, Canterbury, had comsumed two bottles of vodka before he went into the bedsit above the Cross Keys pub in Oaten Hill.

The city's magistrates heard that he had also dripped blood in the woman's room after gashing his arm.

Broughton blamed his behaviour on psychological damage he suffered after the death of his two-year-old daughter in 1997. She had been walking hand in hand with him when a car mounted the pavement and ran her over.

But David Davies, the chairman of the bench, said: "This court has great difficulty seeing that seven years after a tragedy people can continue to behave in the repugnant way you have behaved.

"You caused revolting damage. It was one of the most repugnant cases we have had before this bench and the victim must have suffered enormous distress."

Broughton, who used to sell the Big Issue magazine in the underpass below St George's roundabout, admitted criminal damage. A charge of burglary was withdrawn.

Prosecutor Jackie Morey said that the crime came to light when the victim returned to her bedsit after a few days away.

She noticed her bed was unmade and that there was a smell in the room.

"She also saw some blood, found semen on the floor and saw her clothing was also heavily stained," Mrs Morey said.

"She tracked down the smell and found that the defendant had defecated on the floor."

Mrs Morey added that following Broughton's arrest he admitted going into the room because he needed somewhere to sleep after drinking two bottles of vodka.

She said: "He could not recall defecating and said he could not recall ejaculating, but stated he could have masturbated and might have done so on her clothing."

Ben Conlon, defending, said that Broughton had suffered with drink and drug problems following the death of his daughter.

Mr Conlon said: "I have told him that I consider this a pretty disgusting and sordid situation to mitigate on. This is not something anyone could take lightly.

"I wanted to know what possessed him to drink two bottles of vodka.

"In 1997 his daughter was killed and from that time on everything came to an end. He took to the bottle as a consequence and suffers with horrendous nightmares."

Mr Conlon added that Broughton had had no intention of committing such a crime and apologised.

Broughton was also ordered to pay £100 compensation.