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Woman given suspended sentence for assaulting husband with faeces
Alison Moore smeared faeces on her husband's face during an argument at their home in Damerham, in the New Forest.
The attack happened on August 20, after a disagreement linked to staff refusing to serve Moore at a pub.
The court heard she had also assaulted him before, including striking him with a broom handle and hitting his face while wearing a ring.
Moore admitted three counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
She received an 18-month suspended prison sentence after spending three weeks on remand.
The judge called the use of faeces a degrading act, while Moore's husband said he did not support a restraining order and left court with her.
Alison Moore was given an 18-month suspended prison sentence after assaulting her husband by smearing faeces in his mouth.
The attack took place at the couple’s home in Damerham, in the New Forest, on August 20.
A court heard that Moore had subjected her husband to several violent outbursts over a lengthy period.
Moore admitted three counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
Her husband did not support a restraining order, and the couple left court together.
- Who
- Alison Moore, 63, and her husband, Rob Moore.
- What
- Moore was given an 18-month suspended sentence after assaulting her husband with faeces. She had admitted three counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
- When
- The faeces assault took place on August 20; the article was published on November 6, 2026.
- Where
- At the couple’s home in Damerham, in the New Forest. The case was heard at Southampton Crown Court.
- Why
- The court heard that Moore was angry because she believed her husband had not stood up for her when pub staff refused to serve her.
Prosecution
Defence
Motive and nature of assault
Prosecution
Prosecutor Andrew Coley described the attack as premeditated and said Moore had assaulted her husband after accusing him of not standing up for her.
Defence
Defence lawyer Rose Burns said Moore regretted her actions and that her behaviour resulted from a perceived imbalance in the relationship.
Context for her behaviour
Prosecution
The prosecutor described a pattern of violent outbursts over a lengthy period.
Defence
The defence cited depression, grief and a lack of self-control as factors in Moore’s behaviour.
Moore’s husband alleged she had previously struck him with a broom handle and hit him in the face while wearing a ring.
Moore pushed her husband onto their bed and smeared faeces in his mouth during an argument at their home.
Her husband washed his mouth, changed his clothes, photographed his injuries and called police; Moore was arrested.
Moore was reported to have received an 18-month suspended prison sentence at Southampton Crown Court.
- Sentence
- 18 months, suspended
- Assault date
- August 20
- Location of assault
- Damerham, New Forest
- Court
- Southampton Crown Court
- Guilty pleas
- Three counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm
What people are saying
The use of faeces was a gratuitous degradation of the victim.
You talk so much s***, I'm going to make you eat it.
pre-meditated
completely regrets