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| Stuntman Eddie Kidd's wife Samantha jailed for assaulting him | Stuntman Eddie Kidd's wife Samantha jailed for assaulting him |
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| The estranged wife of former motorcycle stuntman Eddie Kidd has been jailed for five months for assaulting him. | The estranged wife of former motorcycle stuntman Eddie Kidd has been jailed for five months for assaulting him. |
| Samantha Kidd, 44, tried to throttle her 54-year-old husband, slapped him on the face and chest and kicked him, Brighton magistrates heard. | |
| Mr Kidd, left paralysed and with brain damage when a stunt went wrong in 1996, was on one occasion left shaking and "hysterical", the court heard. | |
| His wife, from East Sussex, admitted four counts of assault. | His wife, from East Sussex, admitted four counts of assault. |
| She was also given a restraining order by the court. | She was also given a restraining order by the court. |
| Prosecutor Suzanne Soros said that in one incident, a witness said Kidd had rained a series of blows on her husband after she was woken up. | |
| Swearing at him, Kidd said: "How do you expect me to sleep?" | |
| 'Lost the plot' | |
| Ms Soros said Kidd continued with "a barrage of abuse and swearing" before launching a quick succession of half a dozen blows to her husband's face and head. | |
| The witness said in a statement that Kidd had appeared to have "lost the plot" and had to be forced off her husband. | |
| Ms Soros said that Mr Kidd appeared to be "shaken up" by the incident. | |
| "He was completely unable to defend himself from the attack from Sam or take any action to protect his face or head," she said. | |
| On another occasion, Ms Soros said Kidd kicked Mr Kidd in retaliation after a carer had difficulty helping him out of a car and into a wheelchair. | |
| She also slapped his chest and called him a "spastic", a remark she claimed was what he referred to himself as, the court heard. | |
| Ms Soros said: "The slap was described by the witness as being very aggressive to Mr Kidd's chest." | |
| In a separate incident, the court heard Kidd slapped Mr Kidd's face in "retaliation and frustration" at his hand coming off a rail and coming into contact with her. | |
| Ms Soros said: "In hindsight, she accepts that her view of that had been distorted by her stress and alcohol consumption at the time." | |
| On another occasion, a witness heard Mr Kidd call out, and found Kidd with her hands round the front of Mr Kidd's throat. | |
| A struggle ensued and Kidd had to be forced to let go of her husband who was "absolutely hysterical", the court heard. |