Husband repeatedly hit wife in face with dumbbell because she was 'nagging him'

A husband left his wife with serious brain damage when he repeatedly smashed her in the face with a dumbbell after she 'nagged him' about his medication.

Aimee Dixon, 37, was attacked by her husband Andrew Dixon, 35, after he reacted badly when she questioned him about his medication, which he had been prescribed for paranoid schizophrenia.

The couple had argued after Aimee said Dixon had lied about taking his pills, which he was meant to have every night.

During the argument, it is claimed that Dixon probably used a dumbbell or iron bar to hit his wife, at least three times in the face and head area.

She suffered serious head injuries, including multiple fractures and bruising and bleeding to her brain.

Dixon had originally been accused of attempting to murder his wife on November 18. But he was ruled unfit to enter a plea and to give instructions to his defence team because of a mental disorder.

A jury at Sheffield Crown Court was asked instead to decide whether he caused the injuries to his wife but not whether he attempted to kill her.

In March it decided that he did cause the injuries.

She now faces a daily struggle to eat and drink after her life was wrecked by her husband Andrew Dixon.

Eight months after the attack in Cleethorpes, Aimee is just now learning how to wash herself in the shower and to get to grips with her medication.

 a previous hearing earlier this year, Aimee had described her husband as a 'good person', but highlighted that when he didn't take his medication he was a 'different person'.