A JEALOUS husband angrily grabbed his wife, pulled her backwards to the floor and stamped on her after accusing her of "having a physical relationship with his father".
He slapped her in the face the next day after again demanding to know whether she was having an affair with his father, Grimsby magistrates heard.
Michael Cutter, 44, of Willingham Street, Grimsby, admitted assaulting Kimberley Cutter on November 12 and 13.
Brendan Woodward, prosecuting, said Cutter and his wife were at their home in Duke Street, Grimsby, when he started making accusations, which he had done before, about an alleged "infidelity" by her.
She decided to leave the house and allow things to calm down. She was putting her coat on when he grabbed her and pulled her backwards, causing her to fall to the floor.
She tried to get up but her husband stood over her and stamped down with his foot on her chest, causing pain.
She was struggling to breathe but managed to get up and go to another room.
The next day, Cutter was "abrupt" with his wife and she decided to leave to let him calm down.
She later returned and was sitting on a settee when he approached her and slapped her on the side of the face.
She left and went to a neighbour's house.
Andrea Wilkes, mitigating, said Cutter suspected that his wife was in an "inappropriate relationship" with his father and "tried to confront" her over "whether that relationship had become more than just a familial relationship".
His wife had "always denied any wrongdoing" over the matter.
"As the relationship deepened, he became paranoid that she was having an affair with his father," said Miss Wilkes.
"He asked her again if she had been having a physical relationship with his father.
"He just wanted to speak to her and have one-to-one contact with her. He grabbed her. She fell to the floor.
"She was kicking out at him while he put his foot on her. He doesn't deny that what he did was wrong.
"The argument resurrected the following day. When she was responding to his accusations, he did slap her across the face.
"He is deeply remorseful and distressed by his actions."
His wife had indicated that the relationship was over, despite what he at first thought, and he believed that this was the case.
"He has lost everything because of this," said Miss Wilkes. "He has lost his home."
Unemployed Cutter had previously served in the Armed Forces and had apparently suffered from post traumatic stress disorder.
He was given a four-month suspended prison sentence, a two-year supervision order, including 29 sessions of a domestic abuse programme, and a two-year restraining order, banning him from contacting his wife.
He must pay £85 costs and a Government-imposed £80 victims' surcharge.
