Jaclyn Maree Morris leaving court. Photo / Jessica Paul
Jaclyn Maree Morris leaving court. Photo / Jessica Paul
A spurned wife attacked her cleaner after finding out she was having an affair with her husband.
Queensland woman Jaclyn Maree Morris, 45, confronted her cleaner a week after finding out about the affair in August, the Gold Coast Bulletin reported.
The mother-of-two called her victim a “f***ing w***e” afterspotting her waiting in her car on the Gold Coast, the cleaner told Southport Magistrates Court on Monday.
The cleaner hit back, saying: “I don’t want your husband, so f*** off.”
Morris claimed her victim provoked her first, telling the court that the cleaner said she “needed to learn how to f*** her husband”.
Morris then attacked the woman, punching her several times in the face and grabbing her hair through the car window, Prosecutor Donn Reid told the court.
The victim suffered bruises to her face, a swollen lip and some of her hair was ripped out, Reid said.
The court was told how Morris found out about the affair about a week before she attacked her cleaner, who had worked for the family for four years.
After confronting the cleaner over text, the court was told that the victim forwarded Morris “sexually explicit correspondence” sent by her husband, including a nude photo.
The mother pleaded guilty to assault occasioning bodily harm and was placed on probation for six months. No conviction was recorded.
