SENTENCED: Bolton Crown Court
A JEALOUS 'ex' tried to strangle his wife’s new boyfriend after he found them at home together, a court heard.
Dale Dewitt “lost all self-control” when he discovered Simon McDermott hiding under the bed leading him to repeatedly punch and kick his love rival before stealing his mobile phone.
At Bolton Crown Court, William Donnelly, prosecuting, said Dewitt, 32, visited his estranged wife at an address in Bolton to pick up the couple’s two children on November 24, 2019.
Arriving early, Dewitt’s ex-wife, Carrie Higson was in bed with Simon McDermott, the court heard.
And after seeing who was at the door she rushed back upstairs and told Mr McDermott to hide under the bed because she suspected there would be trouble.