Anaesthetics consultant Stuart Brown, 37, threw his wife to the floor and punched her at least 24 times as she lay at his feet.
He claimed a “red mist” descended after she went to sleep in the spare bedroom.
The vicious assault on Carol Mcewan followed regular verbal and physical abuse during their seven-year marriage.
The “penalty” – he has to pay his (one how hopes ex-)wife £500.
The second such case in a week.
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