Excrement curry wife admonished

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Excrement curry wife admonished

A woman has been admonished after she admitted feeding her estranged husband a curry containing dog excrement.

Jill Martin, 47, pleaded guilty at Paisley Sheriff Court to culpable and reckless conduct against her husband Donald Martin in Newton Mearns.

Sheriff Susan Sinclair said her behaviour could have resulted in "extremely unpleasant consequences".

Defence solicitor Terry Gallanagh described the background as being "akin to an episode of Desperate Housewives".

Depute fiscal Margaret Dunnipace said that Mr Martin had prepared the curry and Mrs Martin laced the dish with excrement.

Mrs Dunnipace said after placing the dinner in front of her husband and watching him start to eat it, Mrs Martin burst out laughing before confessing.

'Mental abuse'

When she appeared in court from custody in March, defence agent Charlie McCusker said the couple had been married for 21 years and the relationship had gone "completely off the rails".

Mr Gallanagh, also defending, said his client had endured "continued mental abuse" over a period of around five years which had taken its toll.

It was now accepted, he said, that the relationship had broken down and divorce proceedings were under way.

Sheriff Susan Sinclair said she accepted there had been a background which had led her to act in the manner described.

"That does not take anything away from the fact that these charges are serious," she said.

"The explanation given relates to marital difficulties and drink. "You spent a night in the cells because of this and as you have taken steps to sort out your difficulties, I am prepared to admonish you."

Story from BBC NEWS:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/uk_n...est/7073098.stm

Published: 2007/11/01 13:13:42 GMT

[Imua 0]

Excrement curry wife admonished

A woman has been admonished after she admitted feeding her estranged husband a curry containing dog excrement.

Jill Martin, 47, pleaded guilty at Paisley Sheriff Court to culpable and reckless conduct against her husband Donald Martin in Newton Mearns.

Sheriff Susan Sinclair said her behaviour could have resulted in "extremely unpleasant consequences".

Defence solicitor Terry Gallanagh described the background as being "akin to an episode of Desperate Housewives".

Depute fiscal Margaret Dunnipace said that Mr Martin had prepared the curry and Mrs Martin laced the dish with excrement.

Mrs Dunnipace said after placing the dinner in front of her husband and watching him start to eat it, Mrs Martin burst out laughing before confessing.

'Mental abuse'

When she appeared in court from custody in March, defence agent Charlie McCusker said the couple had been married for 21 years and the relationship had gone "completely off the rails".

Mr Gallanagh, also defending, said his client had endured "continued mental abuse" over a period of around five years which had taken its toll.

It was now accepted, he said, that the relationship had broken down and divorce proceedings were under way.

Sheriff Susan Sinclair said she accepted there had been a background which had led her to act in the manner described.

"That does not take anything away from the fact that these charges are serious," she said.

"The explanation given relates to marital difficulties and drink. "You spent a night in the cells because of this and as you have taken steps to sort out your difficulties, I am prepared to admonish you."

Story from BBC NEWS:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/uk_n...est/7073098.stm

Published: 2007/11/01 13:13:42 GMT

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I read about that a few months back, I guess when they had the original hearing. Considering how low it is to do something like that I'm curious why laughing out loud is a natural reaction for a person hauled up in court for a criminal offence.

Pretty strange.

[Peikko 1,575]

Didn't she laugh while her husband was eating the curry? I don't see where it said anyone was laughing in court.

Strange incident, but then again, marital abuse has lead to murder before, so in that light, maybe not as bad as it might have been.

[mawilson 2,133]

Do they have to call her the "excrement curry wife"?

[Nessa 23]

gives a whole new meaning to ''eat sh!t"

[Peikko 1,575]

Too much Rab no doubt

[MissStacey 1]

I wonder if he would have eaten it all if she didn't start laughing and tell him.

Edited November 1, 2007 by Stacey33

[*JG* 2]

OK....now, I'm grossing out. Wonder what my husband put in the curry chicken Monday night?

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Didn't she laugh while her husband was eating the curry? I don't see where it said anyone was laughing in court.

Strange incident, but then again, marital abuse has lead to murder before, so in that light, maybe not as bad as it might have been.

I was going on the photo of the woman taken outside the court house.

[Jenn! 918]

Do they have to call her the "excrement curry wife"?

My first thought, too. When I hear "excrement curry wife", to me that does not imply "wife who put excrement in curry and fed it to her husband." Instead, it sounds like she poops curry.

Edited November 1, 2007 by Jenn!

[Peikko 1,575]

Don't we need some context for that? She could be smiling for all kinds of reasons that have nothing to do with how she feels about being taken for court for that incident, but then you know that.

[Imua 0]

This reminds me of the scene in War of the Roses when hubby's dog has gone missing for a few days and wife gives him her special pate....

[Jenn! 918]

This reminds me of the scene in War of the Roses when hubby's dog has gone missing for a few days and wife gives him her special pate....

Which begs the question then...would you rather eat dog or dog poop?

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Don't we need some context for that? She could be smiling for all kinds of reasons that have nothing to do with how she feels about being taken for court for that incident, but then you know that.

Probably - but I think you can assume a certain amount of the context as far as a person being photographed outside a court-house following her attendance at a hearing about a petty and rather sordid criminal offence. The photographers are, after all, not snapping her because she 'looks nice'.

At the end of the day its not particularly important, but still tainting a person's food with filth isn't exactly a mark of high-class distinction.