The Press and Journal has obtained video footage played in court which shows what happened when Alexander Hutcheon confronted his wife and her former lover.
The solicitor was accused of “shouting, swearing and uttering offensive remarks” towards Steve Agyei when he entered the Noose and Monkey on January 19 this year.
However, giving evidence in court, both the property lawyer and his wife insisted he was never threatening and only ever pleaded for her to return home to him and his family.
The court heard that on the day of the alleged offence, which was reported to the police two months later, Mrs Hutcheon had been to see her lawyer to halt divorce proceedings.
After that meeting, she met Mr Agyei at the pub to have a drink.
At this time Mr Hutcheon believed his wife had ended her relationship with Mr Agyei, and when he received a message from a friend telling him his wife had been spotted with her lover he took his son to the pub to confront her.
Mr Hutcheon told the court he wanted his son to see his mother had been lying to them when she promised she was returning home.
He said he was not angry, and just wanted his son to know the truth.
During evidence Mr Agyei and the landlady at the Noose and the Monkey, Gemma Grey, said Mr Hutcheon had stormed into the pub aggressively, shouting and uttering racist comments.
But defence agent George Mathers produced a video taken by a customer in the pub that day and showed it to the court.
In the film, Mr Hutcheon can be heard asking his wife repeatedly if Mr Agyei really is what she wants “for the rest of her life”.
However there is nothing in the footage which could be interpreted as threatening behaviour.
Mr Agyei and Mrs Grey told the court Mr Hutcheon could be seen leaning over “invading” the personal trainer’s space.
However, this was not accepted as being threatening.
Mrs Grey’s evidence was also labelled “extremely exaggerated” and unreliable.
Read full account of how and why Alexander Hutcheon was cleared of all charges here.