A jealous wife who thought her husband was having an affair ripped his scrotum by pulling on his genitals while he was on the phone to the other woman.

Sue Green, from Blackburn, Lancashire, was upset with her husband Barry Green because she felt her husband was playing mind games and wanted to rekindle their relationship while being involved with their mutual friend.

The 50-year-old accused her estranged hubby of an affair and he phoned the friend to tell her about the accusations.

But while on the phone, his estranged wife latched on to his genitals with her nails and pulled down - leaving him with a cut.

Prosecutor Andy Robinson told the Preston Crown Court: 'While he was on the phone the defendant slid her hand down his body and grabbed hold of his scrotum.

Sue Green, 50, accused her estranged husband Barry of having an affair with her friend before ripping his scrotum while he phoned the other woman to tell her of the accusations (pictured: Preston Crown Court where she will be sentenced)

'She dug her fingernails in and ripped the right side of his scrotum - the aggrieved was left with a laceration to his scrotum.'

Mr Robinson said the victim managed to escape and ran to his nearby flat and locked himself in until the police arrived.

The court heard a restraining order was imposed in January when Green was convicted of assaulting her husband and made subject to a suspended prison sentence.

Despite the restraining order they had resumed their relationship although they lived in separate flats in the same building.

Mr Robinson said: 'He describes his wife as fantastic when she is sober but not when she is on alcohol.'

Mr Green had been invited to his wife's flat for tea and some other friends came round for drinks.

The victim said he had stayed up all night and Mrs Green came down from her flat above at 9.30am with a glass of Frosty Jack's cider and a cigarette.

She then accused him of having an affair with a friend of theirs and he phoned the other woman to tell her what was happening.

Damian Pickup, defending, said the fact the housing association had given her and her husband flats in the same building had not helped.

He added: 'She did her utmost to keep away from him but he has been bombarding her with texts saying he wanted to resume the relationship and that is effectively what they have done.

'She found out he had been sending lewd text messages to another female and she confronted him.

'On the spur of the moment she grabbed his genitals and you have seen the photograph of the cut to his scrotum.'

Green pleaded guilty to assault causing him actual bodily harm and breaching a restraining order.

She will be sentenced at Preston Crown Court on May 8.