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**lewisipso** · 02-05-10, 08:44 AM

Couple fought naked on the lawn

A Sarnia man who bruised his spouse from head to toe during a cocaine-fueled evening that ended with the naked couple struggling on a neighbour's lawn was sentenced to house arrest in Sarnia court.
The 40-year-old man had previously pled guilty to assault causing bodily harm Oct. 1, 2007, but was also convicted of forcible confinement following a Superior Court trial.
A publication ban imposed to protect the spouse's identity prevents his identification.
The bruises on the woman's face, legs, back and arms were so severe she couldn't look at herself in a mirror, she told the court during a trial last November.
"He went ballistic on me," she said.
At one point during the four-hour confrontation, she hit him with a beer bottle, which left a bleeding gash on his head.
"He suffered very serious injuries," said defence lawyer David Stoesser, who argued the man was defending himself.
Justice John Desotti concluded the woman, who is about seven inches shorter and 25 pounds lighter than her husband, had too many bruises for him to claim self-defence.
The couple admitted using cocaine that evening. He also drank beer but testified neither substance affected his actions.

Couple fought naked on the lawn - The Sarnia Observer - Ontario, CA