Premium Content Subscriber only A Coast mother ripped her wife's shirt open and dug her nails into her arm before punching her in the face as she tried to drive away, a court has heard. Paula Karen Noffke used her right arm to punch her wife in the face after an argument at a Rainbow Beach restaurant on January 6. Prosecutor Sergeant Nick Nitschke told Maroochydore Magistrates Court Noffke was annoyed with her wife when she ripped her shirt open and pushed her on the footpath outside the restaurant. " … (Noffke) followed her (the victim) out and grabbed her by the arm with enough force for the victim to state 'Paula you are really hurting me you're digging your nails into my arm'," he said.