A man was smashed over the head with a vase or bottle and had flowers and water thrown over him in bed after his boyfriend accused him of infidelity.
Robbie Smallwood turned violent towards his partner after they returned home from a night out drinking. He left him with a large wound to his head before trying to push him down some stairs.
Newcastle Crown Court heard it was on August 9 last year that the couple had been out and they got back around 12.30am. Vince Ward, prosecuting, said: "At home, the defendant accused the victim of infidelity. The victim cut the conversation short and said they would speak about it in the morning and he went to bed.
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"As he was falling asleep the defendant threw water and flowers at him then struck him to the head with something hard. He didn't see what it was but assumed it was a bottle or vase. That's what caused the wound.
"He made his way downstairs. Part way down the stairs the defendant pushed him down the remaining steps but thankfully he managed to stay on his feet.
"He went to a neighbour's house to get help and fell through the neighbour's door. He was hyperventilating and covered in blood and shouting for them to phone the police. He was drifting in and out of consciousness."
The victim was taken to hospital and had a 10cm wound from his forehead to the back of his head which required 12 stitches. When Smallwood was interviewed, he denied assaulting him and said he had used water from the vase to wet the bed to deter him from sleeping.
Smallwood, 30, of The Lonnen, South Shields, who has seven previous convictions, admitted unlawful wounding and was sentenced to 12 months suspended for two years with an alcohol monitoring requirement.
Mr Recorder Ward told him: "This would have been a frightening experience for anybody."
The court heard Smallwood has anxiety and depression and endured a "traumatic and difficult childhood"
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