A bride spent her wedding night in the cells in a bloodied gown after turning up on her neighbour’s doorstep and attacking her. Imogen Hope, 37, was found guilty of assaulting Samantha Pilling by Calderdale magistrates yesterday. The court was told she and her new husband Keith, known as Homer, were on their way back from their reception when they confronted Mrs Pilling next door.
They had earlier married at Calderdale Register Office, Spring Hall, Halifax, before spending the evening drinking lager and spirits at The Shears Inn nearby. Mrs Pilling told the court how she heard Hope drunkenly shouting abuse at her in the early hours of July 19 before coming up the path and banging on her door. When she opened it, she said Hope tried to force her way into the hallway and punched her in the face around three times.
