Nabeel Khan, 21, Smashed Wife's Hair Straighteners, Going to a family Funeral in Dewsbury

Nabeel Khan, 21, now of Grosvenor Terrace in Heckmondwike, used a baseball bat to smash his wife's hair straighteners to pieces – after she told him she was going to a family funeral.

 The incident happened at the couple's home in School Crescent, Dewsbury Moor, on November 20.



Wife sent her husband Nabeel Khan a text telling him that she was going to a Preston for a funeral with her parents and they were on their way to the property.



Upon which Nabeel Khan replied that if she went there the relationship was over and arrived 10 minutes later at couple's house, asking to see her phone.



When she refused to gave him her phone, he entered the bedroom with a baseball bat and smashed her hair straighteners with it before throwing her belongings down the stairs.



Khan was arrested after police was informed about the incident, during police inquiry, Khan told police that he was at work when he received the message from his wife and became angry.



He said he took the baseball bat from the lounge into the bedroom but because he'd bought the hair straighteners for her as a gift he was entitled to damage them.



Court was told Nabeel Khan has previous convictions and had been in a relatively short marriage with ups and downs as his wife going to and from her parents' home in Preston.



He feared she was going to leave the marriage on the incident day. He became angry after he received  message from her at work place.



Nabeel Khan was found guilty and was fined £120 and ordered to pay £85 victim surcharge plus £30 victim surcharge. He was also ordered to pay £35 compensation to his wife for the damaged straighteners.