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Published on Tuesday 31 July 2012 10:30
A SCAFFOLDER kicked and shattered a glass door in temper after seeing his estranged wife sitting astride another man when he called at her home in the early hours, a Lynn court was told.
Craig Kelly had been living apart from his wife to give her space after their relationship became strained. But he went to see her on being released from hospital following a delicate operation, West Norfolk magistrates heard on Friday.
The 33-year-old defendant, of Woolstencroft Avenue, admitted damaging a patio door at his wife’s address on July 8 and possessing a small quantity of the controlled class B drug cannabis.
He was placed under a two-year restraining order not to contact Emily Kelly, except through a relative to arrange contact with his children, and not to go to her home address.
He was also fined £350 and ordered to pay £500 compensation and £95 costs for the damage offence, with a further £50 fine for the drug offence.
Josephine Jones, prosecuting, said Emily Kelly heard a bang on a door at her home in Nuthall Crescent, Gaywood, at 1.30am on July 8 and her husband shouting and demanding that the man with her in the house should come outside.
She called the police and they found the glass patio door had been shattered. The defendant had a metal umbrella pole, which he said was for defence as the man with his wife was bigger than him and he thought he “would kick off”.
Kelly told the police he kicked and damaged the door because he was angry after seeing his wife sitting astride the man in the house. He said the cannabis cost him £10 and was for his own use.
In mitigation, solicitor Neil Meachem said the defendant and his wife had been together for eight years, married for the last five years and had children aged five and three.
On that night, he told the police he had suspected his wife of infidelity and seeing her with the other man had confirmed his worst fears and he had lost his self control.
However, he now realised the relationship with his wife was over and he did not object to the restraining order as long as he could keep contact with the children, he said.
Published on Tuesday 31 July 2012 10:30
A SCAFFOLDER kicked and shattered a glass door in temper after seeing his estranged wife sitting astride another man when he called at her home in the early hours, a Lynn court was told.
Craig Kelly had been living apart from his wife to give her space after their relationship became strained. But he went to see her on being released from hospital following a delicate operation, West Norfolk magistrates heard on Friday.
The 33-year-old defendant, of Woolstencroft Avenue, admitted damaging a patio door at his wife’s address on July 8 and possessing a small quantity of the controlled class B drug cannabis.
He was placed under a two-year restraining order not to contact Emily Kelly, except through a relative to arrange contact with his children, and not to go to her home address.
He was also fined £350 and ordered to pay £500 compensation and £95 costs for the damage offence, with a further £50 fine for the drug offence.
Josephine Jones, prosecuting, said Emily Kelly heard a bang on a door at her home in Nuthall Crescent, Gaywood, at 1.30am on July 8 and her husband shouting and demanding that the man with her in the house should come outside.
She called the police and they found the glass patio door had been shattered. The defendant had a metal umbrella pole, which he said was for defence as the man with his wife was bigger than him and he thought he “would kick off”.
Kelly told the police he kicked and damaged the door because he was angry after seeing his wife sitting astride the man in the house. He said the cannabis cost him £10 and was for his own use.
In mitigation, solicitor Neil Meachem said the defendant and his wife had been together for eight years, married for the last five years and had children aged five and three.
On that night, he told the police he had suspected his wife of infidelity and seeing her with the other man had confirmed his worst fears and he had lost his self control.
However, he now realised the relationship with his wife was over and he did not object to the restraining order as long as he could keep contact with the children, he said.