A businessman became embroiled in an ugly doorstep row with his ex-wife as he dropped off a bag of sweets for their daughter.
Simon Hayes was told to leave the treats on the doorstep of their £865,000 detached house on an exclusive cul-de-sac in Wilmslow, a court heard.
But the 51-year-old instead began rowing with his former spouse and business partner and told her: "well you're scum, you're such a d**k'." The seven-minute spat was captured on a mobile phone by the victim as the couple's daughter looked on, Warrington Magistrates' Court was told.
Hayes' ex-wife subsequently filed a complaint to police. READ MORE: Suspect to appear in court almost two years after man killed in crash Last year, Hayes - who earns £50,000 a year as the managing director of the family's recruitment firm - was found drunk at the wheel of his stationary Tesla after drinking whisky inside the £58,000 Y Model car, out of fear of bumping into his estranged wife at the property.
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