A HUSBAND threatened to slit his own throat when police came to arrest him for assaulting his wife.
Trevor Tattersley, 35, of Mixenden Road, Mixenden, Halifax, had been out drinking with his wife at the Murgatroyd Arms, Skircoat Green, Halifax.
When the couple got home and went to bed he started to punch and lash out at a blanket box.
Andy Wi
lls, prosecuting, told Calderdale magistrates Mrs Tattersley was so shocked she decided to leave the house so he could calm down.
"But he followed her into the living room and pushed her on to the settee," said Mr Wills.
The couple struggled as she tried to get away.
"When officers arrived he abused them from inside the house where he had locked himself in," said Mr Wills.
"Eventually he came out. However, he came out with an open lock knife with the blade exposed and held it against his throat, saying he would kill himself if they did not leave."
Mark Baxendale, for Tattersley, said the couple had been together for 18 years.
"They have not been getting on. He has become frustrated at them not spending quality time together. Any spare time she has seems to be spent with colleagues."
On June 26 Tattersley received a call from his wife saying she would pick him up from work to go to the pub.
Mr Baxendale said: "He was over the moon but when his wife rolled up with a male colleague in the car, you can understand he was disappointed."
He said Tattersley wanted to talk to his wife about their problems. He did not want her to leave the house.
"He did a very foolish thing by picking a knife up and holding it to his throat. He wanted to buy himself some time to calm down," he said.
Tattersley admitted assault and possessing a 3-inch knife in a public place. He was given a 12-month supervision order with costs of £43.
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