Jealous wife who smashed a woman’s face for giggling with her husband

COQUETRY is a social necessity which makes social gathering enjoyable. When done subtly it turns into an endearing dance. The prolong eye contact, the tilt of the head, the toss of the hair, the little smile, are all harmless flirting which may anger a spouse but not tangible enough to throw anyone into a fit of rage.
Unfortunately for Amy Flook, she picked the wrong man to flirt with.
Accounts manager, Natasha How, 31, flew into a “fit of rage and jealousy” when she spotted Amy Flook “having a little giggle” with her husband.
She smashed a glass into her face and then dragged her by the hair to the floor where she continued to punch and kick her until security staff pulled her off.
Ms Flook was scarred for life with two 1.5cm wounds on her left cheek, a cut to her left eyebrow and several bruises and scratches on her knees



Mrs. How was arrested at the scene but told police she could not remember anything at all about the incident. She claimed she was ‘quite intoxicated’ after drinking vodka and champagne and she had only a very hazy recollection of what happened.
Although Mrs How admitted unlawfully wounding Ms Flook, she denied doing it with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
During the court hearing last month, Julian Kesner, prosecuting, told the court how: ‘The defendant attacked a woman she had never seen before in her life just because she happened to talk to her husband.
‘She thrust a glass into Ms Flook’s face and then further assaulted her on the ground. We say it was a deliberate attack fuelled by alcohol, rage and jealousy which has left a young woman scarred for life.
Ms Flook had ‘barely exchanged three to four sentences’ with Mrs. How’s husband before she was glassed, Mr Kesner said.
‘The defendant launched herself with a glass in her hand at Ms Flook. She pushed the glass into her face. Instead of stopping there, she followed it up with punches, kicks and hair pulling while Ms Flook was on the ground
In evidence, Mrs. How said: ‘I saw somebody talking to my husband who I obviously felt at the time was a bit overly friendly and I over-reacted to that,’
She tearfully added: ‘I thought she was a little bit too close to my husband. I just wanted to move her away from him.’
She said she had thought every day since about the incident and where the glass came from but had no recollection
Though Mrs. How has no previous convictions except one for dangerous driving, she had been cautioned twice by police for driving under the influence of alcohol, in 2008 and 2011. When she was arrested in 2011 she threw her shoe at the arresting officer.
After a two-day trial last month, a jury took just 30 minutes to find Mrs How, of Barge Arm East, Gloucester, UK, guilty of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
Jailing her on Thursday 8th November 2012, Judge William Hart said:
‘You are a 31-year-old woman in responsible employment. You are spoken of by a significant number of thoroughly decent people in references they have provided for you in the most glowing terms.
‘Everyone says what you did on this occasion was wholly out of character for you. It is very difficult for me to work out why you did what you did.’
Judge Hart recalled: ‘Amy Flook is a young woman who was in the Registry Club on 21st January this year with her friend, Gemma Aston.
‘They both went to the bar. While Gemma was waiting to order drinks Amy started to talk to your husband. She didn’t realise he was with you or with anyone at all.
‘As she put it, they were just having a little giggle. It was an entirely innocent conversation of the sort that takes place at clubs and pubs up and down the country on a daily basis. ‘It lasted for a few minutes and you were standing nearby and watching. You said nothing to him and nothing to her and then completely out of the blue you hit her in the face with the glass you were holding and she sustained wounds on her face.
‘You didn’t stop there. You grabbed her by her hair as she fell against the bar and dragged her to the floor’.
‘Despite her screaming at you to get off her, you continued to attack her, punching and kicking her until the security staff dragged you off.
‘It is quite clear that you totally lost your self control for what was apparently the most trivial of reasons.
‘You damaged her face, leaving her with scarring which will be with her permanently. Having seen it myself, albeit under make-up, I accept it could have been far worse than it was.
‘She did not suffer any damage to her eye, which was a mercy. The scarring was relatively minor in terms of this sort of case.’
But, he added, Ms Flook had been emotionally traumatised by the attack and her confidence had suffered.
Mrs. How was sentenced to 5 years in prison.