Secret love Elaine was attacked by the cheating policeman's wife

He told Helen he was attending a week-long stag party for a colleague in Turkey

Phillip Haycock

Mark Davis told his partner of 12 years he was flying to Turkey on a pal’s stag do.

But suspicious Helen, 29, looked up the so-called groom’s address and found him sitting at home.

She went to Birmingham Airport on the day Mark was due home and staked out the arrivals hall, where he turned up at 1am with fellow West Midlands police officer Elaine Turner.

Fuming Helen, a council benefits adviser, lashed out at her love rival.

The bust-up was captured on CCTV and showed how a display stand of chocolate bars at a branch of WHSmith was sent flying.

Helen, from Dudley, West Mids, admitted assaulting Elaine. Her sister Donna, 36, admitted attacking Elaine and Mark.

They received 12-month conditional discharges and £200 costs orders after magistrates accepted Helen had experienced a “great degree of provocation”.

Phillip Haycock, defending, told Solihull Magistrates’ Court the dust-up had a “sad and sordid background”.

Helen and her policeman partner had three young children and were married “in everything but name”.

Mark had cheated on her with Elaine before, but claimed it was a one-night stand. Helen had forgiven him and they had undergone counselling.

Mr Haycock said: “He told Helen he was attending a week-long stag party for a colleague in Turkey.

“He sent texts to Helen on a daily basis saying he loved her and missed her.

“My client became susp-icious and looked up the address of the would-be groom and found him at home.

“Helen called Mark, who said that he was on his own trying to get his head together.”
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