A FURIOUS husband kicked and smashed a car window – sending glass flying over the occupants – after spotting his wife inside the vehicle with another man.
He suspected that "something was going on" between them and confronted the man by hitting the window "as hard as he could", Grimsby magistrates heard.
Daniel Robertson, 36, of Hewson Road, Humberston, admitted assaulting Lisa Robertson on August 26 and 27, assaulting Colin Dibb and a boy on August 27 as well as damaging a vehicle window, belonging to Mr Dibb.
Rebecca Dolby, prosecuting, said that Robertson went to his estranged wife's home after a drinking session and there was an argument about the breakdown of their marriage.
He pushed her around and in to a sofa. They continued arguing and he took hold of her wrist and held her by her throat.
He bit her on her hand, leaving bite marks.
The next day, Mrs Robertson and Mr Dibb were in a car with two young children in the Tesco car park off Victoria Street, Grimsby, when Robertson appeared on the scene.
He hit the door window "as hard as he could" while Mr Dibb was in the driver's seat.
The glass shattered, causing cuts and grazes to Mr Dibb's arms and lip as well as to the hands of Mrs Robertson and a boy.
Lauren Fisher, mitigating, said the car incident happened after Robertson found out that his wife had gone to the police station about the earlier assault and went looking for her.
He approached the vehicle but Mr Dibb began reversing out of the parking space.
He "completely lost control" and kicked the car window.
His foot went through the window but the sound of children crying inside the car "snapped him back" to his senses and he "realised the terrible thing he had done" during his split-second loss of control.
In October last year, Robertson found out that his wife was texting someone else, causing friction in the marriage.
"He was concerned that a relationship was going on," said Miss Fisher.
"He believed that there was something going on between them. He confronted the man who sent the text message.
"He also decided to have a word with Mr Dibb. There was an argument with his wife about the text message and the relationship with Mr Dibb."
Robertson was upset and distressed about the two incidents. He had no previous convictions.
Robertson, a lorry driver and a former football referee, was given a 16-week suspended prison sentence, a two-year supervision order and must pay £50 compensation to Mr Dibb and £85 costs.
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