A Perth woman bottled her boyfriend after receiving texts suggesting he had cheated on her with multiple women.
Alicia Warnes snapped after her partner refused to address claims he had been unfaithful.
She brought a glass bottle down on his head as he slept on their living room couch, Perth Sheriff Court heard.
Warnes, 25, appeared in the dock and admitted assaulting her then-boyfriend to his injury at their home in Maxton Place, on May 14.
Sheriff Grant McCulloch said her victim “didn’t sound like the perfect partner,” but “didn’t deserve to be hit over the head with a bottle”.
Blood flow
Fiscal depute Stuart Hamilton told the court: “The accused and the complainer had been in a co-habiting relationship for about a year and a half.
“On the evening of May 13, the couple attended at a family barbecue.
“At the time, all was in order. They consumed alcohol together and returned home at 1am.
“They continued drinking.”
Mr Hamilton said: “Later, an argument ensued due to the accused accusing the complainer of messaging another woman.
“The complainer said that he wanted her (Warnes) to leave.”
The fiscal depute said that about 6.50am, the boyfriend lay down to sleep on the sofa.
“The accused then grabbed a nearby bottle and struck the complainer to the back of his head.
“The complainer was concerned about the amount of blood coming from the wound on his head and called for an ambulance.”
Police officers also attended, Mr Hamilton said.
“They traced the accused in a stairwell,” he said. “She made a verbal admission that she had struck the complainer.
“She also told police she had small scratches to her face.”
Warnes was arrested and taken to police HQ.
Her boyfriend went to A&E, where doctors treated a 2cm slash on the back of his head.
Trust issues
Solicitor Linda Clark, defending, told the court: “The relationship is over. There has been no contact since this incident.”
She said: “During the course of the relationship, there had been a lot of trust issues.
“She was contacted by other females who said they had met up with the complainer – and others who had said more things in depth.
“She had been entirely committed to him and despite asking him repeatedly where he had been and who with, he wouldn’t give her the information.
“Basically, alcohol tipped her over the edge.”
Ms Clark said her client had bruising on her face. “She doesn’t know what happened,” she said. “But she does know that she hit him with a bottle.”
She said: “She has been extremely upset about finding herself in this position.
“She may lose her job now that she has a conviction for assault.
“This whole process has been particularly traumatic.”
Sheriff Grant McCulloch told Warnes: “I think you recognise that whatever the rights and wrongs of his behaviour – and from what I’ve heard, he doesn’t sound like the perfect partner – nobody deserves to be hit over the head with a bottle.”
Warnes, of Allison Crescent, Perth, was fined £400.
She has been ordered to stay away from her ex for six months.
For the latest court cases across Tayside and Fife, join our Courts Facebook page.
