Staffordshire man set fire to wife and hit her with hammer

Jul 5 2009 by Ben Goldby, Sunday Mercury

A HUSBAND who set fire to his wife and hit her with a hammer has been jailed.

Sri Lankan-born Thirukkusan Thuraisingam, aged 30, from Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, admitted assaulting his wife Meera after a booze binge.

He set fire to her blouse, punched her and then smashed her on the arm and hip with a hammer.

Thuraisingam was given a 20-week sentence for the two assaults at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court.