Feckless father of 11 children to 10 different women attacked his ex and hit their child, 3, with a fridge door Keith Macdonald kicked and punched former partner Claire Bryant during an argument over his sunglasses He then flung open a fridge door, injuring their toddler on her head Macdonald pleaded guilty and accepted his actions were reckless Keith McDonald pleaded guilty to assault against his former partner Clare Bryant and their three-year-old child in a spat over sunglasses A love rat, who has allegedly fathered 11 children with 10 different women, kicked and punched his former partner before flinging open a fridge door and hitting their three-year-old daughter's head, following a spat over sunglasses. Keith McDonald attacked his ex-lover Clare Bryant at her home in Houghton-Le-Spring, County Durham, before opening the fridge door which injured the toddler. Ms Bryant, who has two children with unemployed McDonald, suffered cuts and scratches in the row. Despite pleading not guilty to two charges of assault, McDonald admitted committing the offences on June 11 before Sunderland Magistrates' Court on Friday. Paul Doney, prosecuting, described how McDonald came round to drop off some money while the victim was getting her daughters, aged two and three, ready. He said: 'She asked him to go away, then he asked for his sunglasses and was asked by the injured party to stay where he was while she got them. He tried to push past her, then grabbed her hair and pulled her down before kicking her in the face and punching her to the head. He was pushed back towards the yard as a neighbour shouted at them. The defendant again asked for his sunglasses. She was going to get them and call the police. The pair then argued about her owing his uncle money for a fridge and he vowed to 'wreck' it. McDonald, of Springwell Road, Sunderland, then flung the fridge door open, hitting the three-year-old on the back of the head. Mr Doney said: 'She ran at him and forced him out of the house and threw his sunglasses at him. In happier times: Keith McDonald, who is rumoured to have fathered 11 children with 10 different women, pictured with former partner Clare Bryant in 2009 Both she and her daughter went to hospital. She had a three to four inch graze on her neck and cuts on her hand. Her daughter was not physically injured but her head was hot, believed to be due to the impact from the fridge door. Miss Bryant, in a statement read out to the court, said: 'All I could think, when Keith was punching me to the face, was "oh my God, I hope the bruises don't show when I take the bairns to school."' Gavin Sword, defending McDonald, told the court he had a 'slightly different version of events' to his ex. Mr Sword said: 'He said they had been back together and living together as man and wife for about two weeks. He was leaving and she did not want him to leave and that was the reason for the struggle. Keith Macdonald pleaded guilty to the charges at Sunderland Magistrates' Court He accepts there was a struggle and in the course of that struggle, he caused the injuries she has stated in her account, with the possible exception of the cut on her right hand, which he does not accept he caused initially. The struggle was taking place in the doorway. A sharp nail was sticking out and he thinks she cut her hand on that. Mr Sword said that McDonald, who has a history of violence against women, had not intended to hit the little girl, but accepted his actions were reckless and was seeking help managing his anger. McDonald was granted conditional bail while a Probation Service report was prepared, looking at all options, including a jail term. Jean Brown, chairman of the bench, told him he must obey an electronically-monitored curfew between 7pm to 7am.