Scorned woman assaulted police officer boyfriend in airport after he cheated with colleague

A woman sent a display of chocolate bars flying when she confronted her police officer boyfriend for cheating with another officer. Helen McEvoy waited in the arrivals hall at Birmingham Airport at 1am to find her boyfriend Mark Davis emerge with Elaine Turner, a fellow constable with West Midlands Police. Mr Davis had told her he was attending a stag party in Turkey, but the truth emerged when his girlfriend found the supposed groom at his home in Dudley.



McEvoy then waited at the airport for her boyfriend to return and assaulted Ms Turner when she appeared with her boyfriend still wearing his holiday shorts. The incident was captured on CCTV, which showed how a display stand of chocolate bars from a WH Smith concession was sent flying in the fracas. Philip Haycock, defending, told Solihull Magistrates' Court that the couple were in a 12-year relationship, had three young children and were married "in everything but name".



He said: "When he was in Turkey he sent text messages to Helen on a daily basis saying he loved her and missed her. My client became suspicious and looked up the address of the would-be groom and found him at home. Helen called Mark, who said he was on his own trying to get his head together. He told her he would prove he was on his own by meeting her at Gatwick Airport. She decided to go to Birmingham Airport instead to wait for flights from Turkey on the day he was due back." McEvoy, 29, of Dudley, admitted assault against Ms Turner. Her 36-year-old sister, Donna McEvoy, pleaded guilty to assault against Mr Davis and Mr Turner.


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But they were both given 12-month conditional discharges after magistrates accepted that Helen McEvoy had experienced a "great degree of provocation". Magistrate Michael Martin said: "It is obvious a deplorable series of events led to this incident. It is clear from the CCTV that injuries were caused but we accept this was an isolated incident and that Helen was subjected to a great degree of provocation. We believe both sisters attented to determine if he had been telling the truth, and not for a violent confronation. There is a considerable amount of mitigation in this case." No award was made for compensation but the sisters were each ordered to pay £200 towards court costs.