A Chief Superintendent has been cleared of assaulting his wife after she discovered "embarrassing" messages on his phone which suggested he had been unfaithful.
Karl Wilson, who works for Northumbria Police, was charged with assaulting his wife twice and damaging her property during a domestic incident at their home in the Great Park area of Newcastle.
North Tyneside Magistrates' Court heard how the 49-year-old’s wife returned home from a Halloween party on October 28 last year and found him intoxicated.