Landlady hit partner with a wine glass
Former TV presenter pleads guilty after a ‘callous and appalling attack’
then home in Filey, where Bush – a former ITV television host and BBC radio presenter – flew into a drunken rage during an argument.
Bush, who has had a longstandingbattlewithalcoholism, was taken in for questioning about the attack but falsely claimed she had acted in selfdefence.
She ultimately admitted wounding her partner but without intent, which was accepted by the Crown Prosecution Service.
Bush, aka Mason, appeared for sentence on Friday, when the court heard about her dra- matic fall from grace since her days as a TV host.
Prosecutor Nicola Alistari said the mother-of-one had struck her partner with a single blow by using a wine glass as a “weapon”.
She added that Bush, formerly of Bristol, had previous convictions for serious driving offences. In 2003, Bristol magistrates gave her a 12-month driving ban for failing to provide a breath specimen after she was stopped on suspicion of drinkdriving. Less than two months later, she was caught speeding and driving while disqualified, but escaped prison after testimony from her family and a TV colleague, who said she was “crying out for help”.
In November 2008, Bush – who now runs the Three Tuns pub in Filey – was fired by the BBC after she was caught making an allegedly racist remark during an off-air call to a local taxi firm, asking them not to send an Asian driver, while trying to arrange a car for her teenage daughter.
Defence barrister Taryn Turner said that Bush, who lives at the pub in Murray