A funeral wake erupted into violence when a boozed-up wife attacked a woman she believed had caused her marriage break-up.
Carmen
Morrison, 44, had attended the service for her former mother-in-law at
Aston Hall Social Club after splitting from husband Keith.
But Birmingham Crown Court heard the mum, of Bromford Drive, Hodge Hill, saw red after spotting Linda Loughrey - who she blamed for her marriage breakdown.
Gary
Cook, prosecuting, said Morrison grabbed Miss Loughrey around the neck
and punched her before they both fell to the floor, where she rained
more blows down on her and pulled out a patch of her hair.
The Co-op worker then attacked her husband - who described her as
looking like a “mad woman” - and pushed a pint glass into his face,
causing it to smash.
He received a cut to his chin which required three stitches.
Morrison, who had previously admitted two charges of assault, was handed a 12 month community order and ordered to complete 80 hours of unpaid community work and pay £300 costs.
Judge Francis Laird said Morrison’s behaviour had been “disgraceful” when her emotions had erupted on October 23 last year.
But he accepted she was remorseful and that what she had done was out of character.
The court heard Morrison had been with her husband Keith for 25 years when they split up.
She had been close to his mother and when she died had asked him to ensure that Linda Loughrey did not attend the funeral wake.
But when she discovered she had turned up she exploded with anger, the court heard.
(Daily Mirror)
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