A bride's wedding day was ruined when her drunken stepdad punched her mum in the face and broke her nose.
Ernest
Hames attacked his partner of 21 years after sinking ten pints of lager
and four glasses of wine during the ceremony at the three-star Lazaat
Hotel before turning on the bride's mum, Hull Crown Court heard.
The 51-year-old had become upset after his stepdaughter asked her biological father to walk her down the aisle instead of him.
Stephen
Welch, prosecuting, said: 'During the evening party of the wedding the
defendant had become abusive towards his partner, which the victim says
is not unusual when he has had a drink.
'She had returned to the room they had booked at the hotel and found him sitting on the bed.
'He became angry, shouting and calling her names.
'He then began to punch her with force to her face, causing her nose to bleed.
'She fell on the bed, and he kicked her in the back before pulling her hair.
'He then knelt over her and punched her with both fists.'
The woman managed to ask her daughter to phone the police and Hames got up and ran from the room.
She was then taken to Hull Royal Infirmary, where scans revealed she had a fractured nose, along with various cuts and bruises.ust weeks prior to the attack, jealous Hames had been given a 12-month community order for a previous assault on the woman.
He told police he believed his partner was on dating websites looking to meet other women.
The shattered bride, who had been planning the wedding for two years, spent her honeymoon night on July 30 calling an ambulance.
Hames pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm following the incident in Hull.
In mitigation, Catherine Kioko-Gilligan said the defendant wished to 'express his utmost remorse'.
Recorder Paul Miller sentenced Hames to 12 months in prison.
He
said: 'This assault was a shameful attack committed in drink which
caused your partner several injuries and succeeded in you ruining her
daughter's wedding day.'
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