A husband who attacked his wife's sex pest boss with a hammer and a bayonet has been jailed for two years.

Christopher Pedley, 42, claimed to have carried out the attack on Ram Abrol after he became aware that his 36-year-old wife, Alison, was being sexually harassed by him.

Bradford Crown Court was told that Mrs Pedley had been employed as a cleaner at the Keighley plumbers merchants run by Mr Abrol since January last year.

Prosecutor David McGonigal said Pedley wanted to teach Mr Abrol a lesson and frighten him into leaving his wife alone.

Mr Abrol was invited to come round to a house in Mannville Grove, Keighley, by Mrs Pedley and went upstairs to a bedroom with her.

Mr McGonigal told the court: ''It would appear he (Mr Abrol) was going round in the expectation of further sexual favours from Alison Pedley and she was going to allow him to come round, having spoken to the accused about it.''

Pedley, he said, had become aware that Mr Abrol had been having some kind of sexual favours from his wife and had been sexually harassing her at work.

"She would invite the complainant up to the bedroom and he (Pedley) would come into the bedroom and frighten him in such a way that he would leave his wife alone.''

Mr Abrol did go round, Alison Pedley answered the door and both of them went up to the bedroom.

"Both, it would appear, were sitting on the bed.''

It was then Pedley came into the room wielding a hammer, said Mr McGonigal. MrAbrol got off the bed and made towards him, and Pedley used the hammer.

Mr Abrol was struck behind the right ear and was also hit with a bayonet which Pedley had picked up.

Mr Abrol suffered various cuts and also alleged he was kicked while he was on the floor.

Mr McGonigal said the incident ended when Mr Abrol offered Pedley money to stop.

"It would appear that offer was accepted and he went back to the office at his place of work and obtained some money,'' he said. "That was later recovered by police from underneath the accused's mattress.''

Pedley, of West Bank Close, Keighley, pleaded guilty to a charge of unlawful wounding yesterday.

His barrister, Sukhbir Bassra, said Pedley initially wanted to warn off Mr Abrol because of his behaviour, but he accepted he had gone too far.

The court was told that Pedley had previous convictions for violence.

Mr Bassra said it was conceded there had to be a custodial sentence.