An elderly newlywed who admitted to police he had yet to consummate his marriage shot his wife in the butt for refusing his advances.

Donald Royce, aged 76, of Lehigh Acres was arrested after he admitted to shooting his wife after the two argued over their sleeping arrangements.

“I shot her and the gun is in my room,” Royce told responding officers.

Royce later claimed he never intended to shoot his 62-year-old wife, saying he just wanted to scare her by shooting the mattress.

Instead, Royce hit is wife in the buttocks and hip.

Royce remains in custody at a jail in Lee County.

He has been charged with one felony count of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.

A judge set his bail at $100,000 and he’s next due in court on March 6.

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