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Bedlington taxi driver

subjected wife to
'prolonged' attack because
she forgot to lock front
door
Richard Jagger came back from working to find his
wife had gone to bed drunk without locking up and
he flew into a rage

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A husband subjected his wife to a frightening

attack after losing his temper because she
forgot to lock the front door.

Taxi driver Richard Jagger returned from a

night of working to find their home in
Bedlington, Northumberland, unlocked and
his partner, who had been drinking, was in bed

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A court heard he punched and slapped her, sat

on her and armed himself with a wrench and
smashed her phone during a "prolonged
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The 32-year-old, latterly of Disraeli Street,

Blyth, pleaded guilty to assault occasioning
actual bodily harm and has now been given a
suspended prison sentence.

Newcastle Crown Court heard they had been

together for ten years and married for three
and have two children together.

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Neil Pallister, prosecuting, said: "The

relationship has been up and down and she
says there's a previous history of violence in
the relationship."
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On April 2, Jagger was working and his wife

went to her sister's house to have a few drinks
and their children were at their grandparents'
home.

Mr Pallister said: "The complainant said she

was drunk when she returned home some
time after midnight and went to bed.

"The next thing she recalls is being woken by

the defendant.
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"She said he came upstairs shouting at her,

having a go at her because she had left the
front door unlocked. He was concerned
someone could have come and stolen his
motorbikes, which were in the kitchen.

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"He was angry and kept getting in her face,

going up and down stairs. He was drinking and
each time he came up he was getting more
and more angry.

"He hit her about the head with a closed fist."

The victim said he kept coming and going and

at one point came upstairs holding a wrench.

Mr Pallister said: "She was scared.

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"She had her mobile phone on her because

she was trying to charge it up and call her
family for help and when he saw the phone in
her hand he wanted to know who she was
ringing or texting.

"She said he then grabbed the phone from her

hand and smashed it with the wrench. He put
it on the floor and hit it several times with the
wrench.

"He then got her on the floor and sat on top of

her and she was struggling to move.

"He was still holding the wrench and she was

screaming at him to get o! and was scared.

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She grabbed the hand he had the wrench in

and he eventually let her up.

She was left with two large bumps on her head

which were sore and also had bruises to her
arms and friction burns to her elbows.

The woman said in a statement she didn't

know how to explain the injuries to their
children but said Jagger was a good dad.

She later withdrew her support for the

prosecution and said she wanted to move on
with her life and with Jagger.

Jagger, who has 13 previous convictions,

including for violence but nothing since 2012,
pleaded guilty to assault on the basis there
were two punches and one slap. He also
admitted criminal damage to the phone.

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Judge Edward Bindloss said it was a "prolonged

attack in her own home" and sentenced him to
12 months suspended for two years with 80
hours unpaid work.

Richard Bloomfield, defending said he was

remorseful, has recently been diagnosed with
autism and is still working as a taxi driver.

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