Police marksman beat his wife after discovering there was no bread in the house to make toast

December 23rd, 2011

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

By
Graham Smith

Last updated at 4:30 PM on 22nd December 2011

A police marksman attacked his wife after finding there was no bread left in their house to make toast.

Father-of-one Terry Hatton twice grabbed his wife as he tried to roughly drag her out of their home in Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, during a heated argument.

Rachelle Hatton was left with badly bruised following his ‘unruly’ behaviour, Exeter Magistrates Court heard today.

Regret: Police marksman Terry Hatton twice grabbed his wife as he tried to roughly drag her out of their home in Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset

Hatton, 35, pleaded guilty to assault. He was given a 12-month conditional discharge and ordered to pay £400 costs.

The prosecution accepted his basis of plea that he acted recklessly by grabbing her arms as he did.

The court was told that the Hattons, who met in 2000, were experiencing ‘issues’ in their marriage at the time of the incident in August and that they were sleeping in separate bedrooms.

Sanjeev Ahuja, defending, said Hatton had been with the police since 1998 and worked as traffic officer and police marksman with the firearms unit.

He said: ‘The argument arose out of a very petty things, he was making toast in the kitchen and they ran out of bread.’

Hatton shouted at his wife about how he was ‘fed up’ that they kept running out of bread and he would have to go out and buy some more, the court heard.

Mrs Hatton started recording his rants on her mobile phone and as he went to grab the phone it fell onto the floor and the argument got worse.

Mr Ahuja said: ‘He accepts taking hold of his wife’s arm with his two hands. It is a police technique and he asked her repeatedly to leave and escorted her out.’

The couple then started ‘pushing and pulling each other’ and Hatton pushed her in the chest leaving her with more bruises.

Hatton drove off for ten minutes with their six-year-old child, but then returned to try and resolve the row.

Mr Ahuja said: ‘He did not intentionally intend to hurt her in any way.’

Sharpshooter: The court heard that Hatton's firearms job was 'very intense, challenging and very stressful' (file picture)

Sharpshooter: The court heard that Hatton’s firearms job was ‘very intense, challenging and very stressful’ (file picture)

He said Hatton’s firearms job was ‘very intense, challenging and very stressful’ and he was suffering from depression for which he was now receiving help through the Avon and Somerset Police.

Hatton had had to deal with fatal road smashes and respond to armed incidents and terrorist threats which had had an significant impact on his relationship, the hearing was told.

His wife had tried to withdraw the complaint because it had divided their family

Hatton, who wept during the hearing, said in a statement that since his arrest and bail conditions, he has not been able to ‘apologise to his wife for the events of that day’.

He said: ‘I wholeheartedly regret my actions… and feel completely ashamed.’

He is living with his parents in North Barrow, Somerset, but said he hoped that mediation may help the couple resolve their separation.

Hatton is currently working on back-office police duties and has been coordinating the force’s Christmas drink-driving campaign.

The officer will face an internal disciplinary hearing, but the court heard he may keep his job if he receives given a conditional discharge.

The magistrates said: ‘This was an unfortunate case for everyone concerned. It was a very nasty incident but an isolated incident.’

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