A man has admitted attacking his wife after he caught her having an “online relationship”.
Lukasz Walasek appeared from custody at Aberdeen Sheriff Court yesterday a weekend incident at the couple’s home.
The court heard they had been socialising on the Friday evening until Mrs Walasek decided to leave her husband and go out into the city centre with one of her friends.
Fiscal depute Karen Dow said that at around 1am Walasek contacted his wife and asked her to return home, which she did.
Ms Dow said that when she arrived at their flat at 3 Ferrier Crescent, Aberdeen, the accused was in bed asleep.
Mrs Walasek then decided to stay up in the living room and signed into a social networking site and began chatting to another man.
Ms Dow said that the pair had never met, however it was accepted they had been having an “online relationship”.
A short time later Mrs Walasek signed out of Facebook and locked her phone after her husband woke up and asked who she had been speaking to.
The court heard that he then demanded she unlocked her mobile so he could read her messages on Facebook.
When she refused he became aggressive and a row broke out between the pair.
One of the couple’s five children, who overheard the argument, then gave her father her mum’s password, allowing him to access to her messages.
The 32-year-old found the conversation she had been having with the other man – and struck his wife on the face, leaving her with a swollen lip.
The court heard she then went to a neighbour’s house and called the police.
Representing Walasek yesterday, solicitor Tony Burgess said his client was “ashamed and embarrassed” by his actions.
He said it was out of character for him, but insisted he only reacted the way he did as he was upset having found out about his wife’s infidelity.
Sheriff William Taylor said he recognised the difficult situation he had found himself in and accepted he was remorseful about his actions.
He was ordered to carry out 20 hours of unpaid work within the next three months.