Sad: Furious wife runs over teacher husband after discovering his affair with teenage ex-pupil

A wife got behind the wheel and mowed her husband down after learning of his affair with an 18-year-old ex-pupil.

Charity worker Maria Addis snapped upon learning of her husband Mark's tryst with Lucy Gill.

The 34-year-old screamed at her husband: "She's only 18" before accelerating towards the PE teacher in her Chevrolet car.

Mark, 37, has been married to Addis for 15 years.

  

Jeremy Jenkins, defending, said: "Things got out of hand against a background where Addis was seeking to get the truth from her husband about an extra marital affair with a former pupil.

 

"It was a misjudgement to move the car forward in the direction of her former husband.

"But it was brought about by the circumstances that prevailed at the time.

"She was candid in interview and accepted that the situation got the better of her. "

The couple were spotted by neighbours screaming in the road in Glyncoch near Pontypridd, South Wales, where she was heard shouting about the girl's age.

The court was told how she had Mark's phone, and he was pleading for it back because he did not want her to read "certain messages".

  

Addis, a mother of two, then pushed Mark into a bush on the street before locking herself in the family vehicle.

 

Mark then stood in front of the car and banged on it, Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court heard.

However that is when she began slowly accelerating forward, "nudging" the PE teacher.

Mark was then seen falling to the ground, holding his leg in pain.

Hywel Hughes, prosecuting, said: "She was nudging him with the car causing him to move backwards and fall to the ground.

"The man was holding his left leg and groaning."

  

Addis, of Church Village, near Pontypridd, had denied dangerous driving and common assault.

 

However she admitted careless driving in May rather than face the "tawdry affair" going to trial.

The court was told that she was glad the case had "finally come to an end".

Addis was fined £500 and had seven penalty points imposed on her licence.

 

Judge Richard Twomlow told her: "This incident was a stupid incident and did not bring much credit on any participant in it."

 
Mr Addis, who teaches at Aberdare Community School and Miss Gill both declined to comment after the case.

He is listed on Facebook as being in a relationship with financial planner Miss Gill.