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A wealthy businessman hired his 78-year-old father to 'sort out' his lover after she refused to have sex.
Alex Craig, 36, called on his retired builder father Francis Craig to help him with his revenge attack when he dumped mother of two Luana Dougherty. Craig snr arrived at Miss Dougherty's house in Frodsham, Cheshire, on March 19 and went on to threaten her 16-year-old daughter Carlee by saying he would kill her as he pulled her hair and threw her to the ground.
Following this, Craig jnr kicked Miss Dougherty twice in her ribs and repeatedly kicked Carlee's 16-year-old boyfriend Finn McBride. During the attack, he also threw a bicycle, pool balls, and an electric fan at the teenager.
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Miss Dougherty, a community support worker, was left with bruising to her ribs, a cut to her right arm, and a cut to her lip. Carlee suffered a bump to the side of her head and a bloody nose while Finn suffered cuts to his knees, a bite mark under his left arm, and a split lip.
Police later arrested the father and son who claimed they were acting in self-defence. However, at Chester Crown Court they admitted affray and were each sentenced to 18 months in jail suspended for 18 months - they pleaded not guilty to assault which was accepted.
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Craig jnr was ordered to pay a total of £3,750 in compensation to the three victims while his father, now 79, was ordered to pay £750 in damages. Both were also made subject to an indefinite restraining order which bans them from contacting Miss Dougherty and the two teenagers.
Miss Laura Knightly, prosecuting, said: “Alex was
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