A WOMAN reacted angrily after being told by her husband that their marriage was over, a court heard.

Having “flashbacks”, following a previous marriage split with a former husband, Deborah Greenland grabbed a bottle and struck her husband over the head.

Durham Crown Court heard the bottle did not break, but she then kicked out when the pub deputy manager tried to restrain her, landing two blows with her flaying foot.

Chris Morrison, prosecuting, told the court Greenland was arrested and made “full and frank admissions”.

She told police she had a two-year marriage after she reuniting with a childhood sweetheart.

The incident took place on a planned night out, during which they were drinking in the Grand Electric Hall pub, in Cheapside, Spennymoor, on October 8.

Greenland said her reaction was in a part triggered as she had drunk four-and-a-half pints of lager at the time and expressed remorse.

Mr Morrison added that her husband, who was left bloodied by the blow, made no complaint to police.

Greenland, 49, of Linden Court, Spennymoor, admitted one charge each of assault causing actual bodily harm and assault by beating.

The court heard her only previous offence was for criminal damage to her ex-husband’s car, in 2014.

Simon Perkins, mitigating, said the self-employed taxi driver’s licence to operate has been suspended pending the outcome of the criminal proceedings.

Mr Perkins told Recorder Nick Lumley: “The person before you is a hard-working woman, who is supported by her family.”

He described her actions in the pub that night as, “a spontaneous reaction” on hearing of her husband’s intention to end their marriage.

Recorder Lumley told her: “Blows to the head can cause very grave and lasting damage, but fortunately the injuries were not of that category.

“I understand you were upset at the breakdown of that relationship, but you reacted badly to that.

“I’ve read carefully a letter from your husband and, in the circumstances, I’m just persuaded there is an alternative to prison.”

He passing a 12-month community order with 20 probation-supervised rehabilitation days, and ordered her to pay the pub deputy manager £100 compensation.