A woman smeared faeces over her husband’s face and forced some into his mouth during an argument at their £1million farmhouse, after accusing him of failing to defend her at a pub.
Alison Moore had subjected Mr Moore to a series of violent attacks over an extended period before carrying out the degrading assault.
Southampton Crown Court heard that the 63-year-old pushed her husband onto a bed at their home in Damerham, in the New Forest, on August 20.
During the attack, she criticised him for allegedly not “standing up for her” at a pub and called him “boring”.
She then told him: “You talk so much s**t, I’m going to make you eat it.”
Mr Moore eventually managed to break free and went to wash his mouth and change his clothes, prosecutor Andrew Coley told the court.
Before cleaning himself, he photographed his face covered in faeces. The image was later shown in court.
Police attended the property and arrested Moore, who gave no comment during her interview.
She later provided a written statement, but prosecutors described it as “a bare denial”.
Alison Moore, 63, smeared faeces across her husband’s face in a degrading act of violence
Her husband also told police that Moore had previously hit him across the back with a broom handle and struck him in the face while wearing a wedding ring.
The court heard that photographs taken after incidents in March 2024 and August 2026 showed a cut above his eye, along with a minor injury and reddening to his back.
Three days after the broom attack, the couple spent an afternoon drinking at a pub and argued over when they should leave.
They stopped at a second pub on their journey home, but staff refused to serve Moore before the pair returned to the farmhouse.
The prosecution said Moore blamed her husband for not defending her during the incident and again called him “boring”.
Mr Coley said tensions had been building between the couple before Moore launched what he described as a “pre-meditated” attack at around 6pm, which also created a risk of disease transmission.
Mr Moore submitted a victim impact statement but did not want it read publicly in court. He also did not support the imposition of a restraining order, the prosecutor said.
Defending, Rose Burns said Moore “completely regrets” what she had done and accepted “full blame”. However, she argued that her conduct had followed what Moore perceived as an imbalance in the relationship.
Ms Burns added that Moore accepted no behaviour by her husband could excuse the assaults.
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The court heard that Moore had referred herself for private mental health treatment at the Priory to address her relationship with alcohol. She was also receiving help for depression after the deaths of her parents in 2024 and 2025.
Her sister had died earlier this year after sustaining a head injury in a fall down the stairs. Moore had also recently lost an uncle and her dog, the court was told.
“The whole situation drove her into a very deep depression; she felt trapped and frustrated with her life,” Mrs Burns said. “Her husband controlled the finances, she wanted to sell up and he didn’t.
“A lack of self-control drove her to do these things; in her right mind, she wouldn’t have done them.
“She is determined her behaviour will change and wants to see whether reconciliation with her husband is possible.”
Moore had spent three weeks on remand at HMP Bronzefield and was now living in an Airbnb in Wimborne.
She had previously admitted three charges of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
Judge Gary Lucie described Mr Moore’s statement as “magnanimous” given what he had suffered and said the impact of the offences on him was “plain”.
Addressing Moore, he said: “The use of faeces was a gratuitous degradation of the victim. You have plainly had a difficult time over the last few years following the death of your parents and other personal circumstances, but none of that excuses this behaviour.
“I see day in, day out, people who abuse alcohol and it is the root of their offending. You don’t yet seem to accept that is the case for you.”
Moore was sentenced to 12 months in prison, suspended for 18 months. She left the courthouse with her husband, who had attended the hearing.
She also has previous convictions for driving with excess alcohol, assault by beating and using violence to gain entry to a property.
Those offences arose from an incident in the village on April 6, 2022.
Moore, who was reportedly “besotted” with a builder, went to his home and attacked his partner on the doorstep, pulling out a clump of the woman’s hair.
Although she denied the allegations, she was convicted at Southampton Magistrates’ Court and given a 12-month restraining order. She was also prohibited from entering a street in Damerham for one year.
The court additionally ordered Moore to complete rehabilitation activity, carry out 100 hours of unpaid work, pay £500 in compensation to the assault victim and contribute £715 towards court costs.
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