The jealous wife of a doctor was jailed for six months yesterday after wounding a young medical student her husband had had an affair with.
Au Yeung Chu, 33, a former nurse, discovered the affair when she spotted a Valentine's Day e-mail her husband, Dr Anthony Cheng Wing-kay, sent to 22-year-old Connie Lam Hon-kei. He had been teaching Ms Lam at Chinese University.
Au Yeung, who had been married to Dr Cheng, 29, for less than a year, went to confront the girl.
However, she lost her cool when she saw her love rival's 'superior smile' and slapped her face, catching her with her diamond ring, the District Court was told.
Au Yeung pleaded guilty to one count of wounding before Judge Peter Line, who jailed her for six months.
Prosecutor John Mullick said that on February 26 last year the accused found an e-mail sent by her husband to Ms Lam on Valentine's Day.