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| The Bride and Groom |
Tammy Driver, 21, and Nicky Pearce, 29, separated upon returning from their honeymoon weekend, following a violent row at their home near Aberdare, South Wales. Jealous Pearce flew into a drunken rage and attacked his new wife, grabbing her by the neck before allegedly biting her and breaking her nose. He has now been jailed for a year after admitting the assault, which caused Miss Driver to flee their home in Penrhiwceiber for hospital. A devastated Miss Driver said: 'The sacred vows that Nicky and I took four days earlier meant nothing to him at all. 'He promised to love me and take care of me for the rest of my life. But it was a nightmare.' Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court heard that she suffered a face wound from the bite and a suspected cheek fracture. Prosecutor Karl Williams told the court: 'Things turned sour when he accused her of flirting with his best friend. 'Pearce, who had been drinking, lunged at his wife and grabbed her around the throat.' Jeremy Jenkins, defending, said: 'It’s a very sad state of affairs that this marriage was doomed. 'He is ashamed at over-reacting in the way he did and the injuries he caused.' Miss Driver today said: 'I feel lucky to get out in one piece. It is very sad that our marriage lasted such a short time.' The 21-year-old's family paid £1,000 for the June wedding, which took place at a register office before a reception at a local rugby club. Glowing in a white dress, the bride thought all her dreams had come true after a whirlwind three-month romance. The couple then enjoyed a romantic two-day honeymoon weekend at a seaside hotel in West Wales. But trouble began when they returned for a celebration drink with the best man and his girlfriend in a village pub. Miss Driver said: 'Everything had been fantastic on honeymoon and really romantic. I thought everything was great when we had a drink with his best man - we had a good laugh together. 'But then we got home and he accused me of being all over his best man. He really flew into a rage. 'The young bride said she feared for her life as her husband attacked her.
She said: 'I had a broken nose, bruises and bite marks on my face and neck.' 'All
I could think was that I didn’t know who this man was. Where had my
husband gone - the man I married just a few days before? 'I thought he was the perfect man to spend the rest of my life with but it was all shattered by the next weekend.' Miss Driver never went back to Pearce after he was arrested by police - and she now has a new man in her life. She said: 'I feel I had a lucky escape. It was all too soon and I was too young but I never thought it would end like that.'
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