War widow avoids jail after scratching, kicking and biting her new partner in drunken rage after downing gin
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A WAR widow has avoided jail after scratching, kicking and biting her new partner in a "relentless" attack. Christina Plumb, 49, whose first husband Olaf “Oz” Schmid was killed defusing a bomb in Afghanistan, flew into a drunken rage after downing gin.
![[Christina Plumb hit, bit and scratched her new husband Adam]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/christina-schmid-adam-plumb-952337001.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
She "behaved like a dog" as she ripped husband Adam Plumb's t-shirt off during the brutal 20-minute attack at their £1.5million home in Devon. Plumb has now avoided jail after she was convicted of assault and was instead handed a 12 week sentence suspended for 12 months.
![[She became a campaigner for war widows after her first husband died in Afghanistan]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/9757dc6d-aa92-4d89-ba99-b2c898ee3a08.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
In a statement read to the court, Adam said: "This has completely destroyed my life. Christina has showed no remorse.". The campaigner became a figurehead for bereaved war widows after Staff Sgt Schmid died on his final day of duty in 2009. She received a George Cross on his behalf after his death and fought for better pensions for grieving spouses and higher salaries for soldiers.
![[Plumb tried to claim she was a victim of domestic abuse]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/arrives-plymouth-magistrates-court-sentencing-959437494.jpg?strip=all&w=686)
Newton Abbot Magistrates’ Court heard the horror unfolded during a late night row in September last year. Plumb had got into bed with Adam after drinking gin but he left the room after she began grabbing and poking at him. He told JPs: "She was grabbing me and putting her cold feet on my back. I told her to leave me alone.”.
![[The widow became a figurehead for bereaved war spouses]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/accused-assaulting-second-husband-christina-952345635.jpg?strip=all&w=640)
The property developer then went to a dressing room where he said Plumb “kept shouting” at him. He continued: "She trapped me in the corner of the dressing room She was literally just going at me. She was just attacking me. Hitting me in the balls. Kicking me. I could not get her off of me.
![[She received a George Cross on Staff Sgt Schmid's behalf]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/christina-schmid-widow-bomb-disposal-4254164.jpg?strip=all&w=608)
