A beautician hit her ex her ex-boyfriend with her handbag as he lunged at her new lover during a row in the street, a court heard.
Sarah Gaunt escaped with a £120 fine after magistrates accepted she was acting out of 'excessive self-defence' by standing up for her man.
The mum-of-four, 45, struck the 47-year-old victim about the head with her shoulder bag and left him bleeding when he tried to 'have a go' at her latest partner after spotting them together in the street.
CCTV showed nail technician Gaunt intercepting her ex-boyfriend as he was going over to confront the unnamed male in Chester city centre She repeatedly pushed her former partner away then as he kept advancing in an aggressive manner she struck him with the bag and also her free hand during the assault.
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