A disabled man who assaulted his wife less than two months after being given a suspended prison sentence for similar offences has been told: “You are in the last chance saloon.”

On December 17, David Tebble, 62, received a 12-week sentence, suspended for 18 months, after admitting two assaults on his wife Susan.

District judge Gwyn Jones told him at the time that “attitudes of yesteryear” towards domestic violence were no longer acceptable.

But Tebble, of Park Crescent, Penyffordd, near Mold, appeared at Llandudno Magistrates Court and pleaded guilty to assaulting her again on February 2.

Prosecutor Gareth Parry said the couple had been married for 30 years but there had been problems over the last two years since Tebble had to have a leg amputated, putting strain on their relationship.

On February 10 they returned home after watching rugby on television in a local pub and in an argument Tebble threw the TV remote control at his wife, then punched her in the back.

He then pulled a chain from around her neck.

Paul McAlinden, defending, said Tebble, who appeared in court on a mobility scooter, had “significant health issues” and although he claimed his wife had punched him first he accepted that he had acted in appropriately towards her.

Mr McAlinden told the court the rehabilitation work within the community order imposed in December had not yet begun.

Chairman Ken Allitt told Tebble that after reading a probation report and comments from Mrs Tebble it had been decided not to activate the suspended sentence, even though it might have been justified to do so.

Instead, the period of suspension was extended from 18 months to two years and the community order will include an alcohol treatment course.

“You are in the last chance saloon,” said Mr Allitt, adding: “The problem is that you and drink don’t get on.”