THE WIFE of Yes Bar owner was told by a sheriff she had “suffered enough” after she admitted pushing him on the chest.

Suzanne McLaughlin, 48, met her estranged husband, Jim, at the Ubiquitous Chip bar in Ashton Lane.

It was heard the owner of Yes Bar and Liberte pubs in Glasgow was waiting on his wife at the bar, drinking a pint of Guinness and a large whisky.

Their conversation became heated and she pushed him, causing him to “flinch back”.

Mr McLaughlin, who it was heard is a trained fighter, reported the assault eight days later and his wife.

Today at Glasgow Sheriff Court, Mrs McLaughlin from the west of the city, wept as she admitted pushing Mr McLaughlin on November 8, last year at the west end bar.

Sheriff Lindsay Wood commented to the fiscal: “He’s six foot two, a trained fighter and she is being prosecuted for pushing him, with no injury.”

He told McLaughlin: “You have suffered enough, I am granting an absolute discharge.”

This means that she will have no criminal record.

The court was told around 9pm McLaughlin went to meet her husband to discuss businesses that they shared and the ongoing separation.

But during their “heated” discussion, McLaughlin pushed him with her elbow and forearm before he left the pub.

He contacted the police on November 16 to report the matter.

Defence lawyer Aamer Anwar told the court that the part-time air hostess is the sole earner and supports her two daughters, the youngest she has to her husband.

He told the court: “On the day of the incident it had come to the attention of my client that her husband had allegedly committed fraud and had gone online and transferred the Yes Bar Ltd companies from her name to his.

“This was one of the reasons that the meeting took place. She managed to reverse this after being informed by their business accountant.”

Mr Anwar said that day would have been her son’s 25th birthday after he tragically died at six weeks old, and she was feeling "very low".

He claimed his client also received a notice that day to leave her house as Mr McLaughlin hadn’t paid the rent.

The lawyer told the court when she arrived she saw her estranged husband drinking and commented that he shouldn’t be drinking because he was due to pick their daughter up.

He added “He told her she couldn’t stop him and she told him it was dangerous but he just wouldn’t listen and as he got up she pushed him back to stop him.

“She was still trying to argue he was over the limit.

“She is full of remorse for having acted in the manner, she wishes she had controlled her tempter and simply walked away or told the police.”

Mr McLaughlin did not pick their daughter up that evening.

He said: “Her marriage broke down at the end of January 2017 after being in a relationship for 10 years then marrying in 2013.

“She finally left her husband after several years of alleged abuse at the hands of her husband.

“We understand that Mr McLaughlin is a trained fighter and during the latter years of their marriage had become emotionally controlling.

“The threat of violence was implicit throughout the relationship.”

And, that since separating, Mr McLaughlin has continued to abuse her as well as financially trying to shut her down.

The court was told that in October 2017 he was “verbally abusive” and that he would do “whatever it would take to take control, sell the business and destroy her”.