TWENTY-FOUR-YEAR-OLD Thomas Davies beat up his dad who attacked him for sleeping with his partner.
Nigel Davies became suspicious his son was having an affair with Karen Keen and challenged them both on New Year's Eve.
Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court.
He left a friend's flat in Seabridge Lane, Newcastle, but returned and overheard Keen tell another man she had entered into a sexual relationship with Thomas Davies.
The other man was able to take a knuckle duster off Mr Davies senior, but Davies junior leapt to his feet and admitted sleeping with Keen.
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Prosecutor David Bennett yesterday told Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court Mr Davies senior butted his son, knocking him back into the chair. But his son got up and Keen also became involved.
Mr Bennett said: "Mr Davies senior grappled with his son on the sofa. His son pinned him down and punched him with both hands. He was also struck by Keen. At one stage, Davies junior had his father round the throat."
Mr Davies senior was left with cuts above his eyebrows, black eyes, loosened teeth and bruising to his cheek.
In his police interview, Davies junior admitted having a sexual relationship with Keen. He said his father 'mouthed off' and head-butted him so he punched him. His father got free and tried to struggle, so he head-butted him.
Keen, a 36-year-old mother-of-five, told officers she had ended her relationship with Mr Davies senior a few days earlier, but he struggled to accept that. She confirmed she was in a relationship with Thomas Davies.
Thomas Davies, of London Road, Newcastle, pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm on the basis he initially acted in self-defence but the level of force became unreasonable. He was on bail at the time for another assault, for which he received a community order in February.
Keen, of The Crown Hotel, Longton, pleaded guilty to assault, which placed her in breach of a suspended prison sentence she received in 2011 for stabbing a previous partner with a knife.
Paul Cliff, representing both defendants, said all parties had consumed alcohol and Mr Davies senior reacted angrily when his son admitted sleeping with Keen.
"The defendant initially acted in self-defence," said Mr Cliff. "Miss Keen accepts at some point she struck the complainant."
Judge David Fletcher jailed Davies for 10 months and sentenced Keen to a 12-month community order with supervision and 32 sessions at Chepstow House in Hanley, a centre which aims to help women get their lives back on track.
"This was a nasty assault," said Judge Fletcher. "To some extent the victim started it. Nevertheless, I can think of very few more provocative reasons for him becoming a little bit angry."
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