The cricket bat, the naked wife and the Chinese take-away scandal

Pub landlord Anthony Morgan, 70, attacked his half-naked wife with a child's cricket bat when he found her enjoying a Chinese takeaway with another man, a court heard today.

He came across wife Elaine - his partner for 21 years - wearing only a towel at the home of Stephen Clarke.

She claimed to have stripped off so her clothes would not get greasy from the takeaway, Newport Crown Court heard.



Morgan, who runs Potters Pub in Aberbeeg, Abertillery, South Wales, entered Mr Clarke's flat and hit the pair with the bat, breaking his wife's nose.

He was given a nine-month prison sentence, suspended for a year, and ordered to pay £500 towards the prosecution's costs.

His wife, Elaine Morgan, has described the sentence as "a joke".