JILTED HUSBAND SMASHES UP WEDDING CHURCH IN REVENGE

10.12.09

Jilted Robert Knowles, 36, was so enraged after woman Leigh, 28, left him that he lined his car up with the front door, put his foot down and sped through three sets of double-barrelled doors and up to the altar.

His bout of marital mayhem causedIn the mainof damage, ripping radiators from the walls and scattering fixtures and apparatus.

Knowles, from Halesowen, West Midlands, was jailed for 10 months by a assess who branded the ­incident in July a “wicked offence”.

Ruth Shining, one of the ­leaders of the Flame Community Church in Rowley Regis, said it took three months to put back in the interior and Knowles damaged computers and musical instruments.

Decide John Wait told Knowles at Wolverhampton Crown Court, where he admitted crooked damage: “You were well aware that church was central to the lives of many people including your missus.

“You were well aware of the distress any vandalism to a church held precious by so many people would cause. You caused a great deal of mournful and distress.

Source: UK Express