Mum threw boiling water over daughter's boyfriend after he dumped

A furious mother poured boiling water over a man as he slept - in revenge for dumping her daughter, a court heard yesterday.

Steven Wade, 32, was left with red scald marks on his face, chest and shoulders after a week's treatment in a burns unit last August.

Marie Bell, 56, is alleged to have attacked him after he finished with her daughter Jemma Watts, 28.

The court heard Bell turned up at 5am in the house where Mr Wade was staying, near hers in Swindon, Wilts.

He recalled waking up in pain and said: "I saw Marie with a kettle in her hand. I was burning. I was shouting 'Why did you do that?' She said. 'You know why, you know why, because of my Jemma'."

Bell denies causing GBH, saying she tripped over Mr Doyle's dog, Sacha, a nine-year-old Jack Russell. The trial continues.