Woman attacks husband over loud breathing during radio drama.

By Our Security Correspondent: Ben Twarters

SUFFOLK, UK – A 74-year-old woman from Lowestoft has been charged with assault after allegedly attacking her husband with household tools, reportedly triggered by what she described as “excessive breathing.”

Maureen Crabbe is accused of striking her husband, Jim Crabbe, 76, with a sledgehammer before pinching his ears with a pair of pliers while he slept in his armchair. The incident is said to have occurred shortly after 7:15pm, during a broadcast of The Archers on BBC Radio 4.

According to police reports, Mrs Crabbe had been attempting to follow a particularly dialogue-heavy episode when she became increasingly frustrated by what she later described as her husband’s “industrial-grade wheezing.”

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“She said it was like trying to listen to a tractor idle through a hedge,” a spokesperson noted.

Mrs Crabbe allegedly retrieved the tools from a cupboard under the stairs before approaching her husband, who was asleep in his La-Z-Boy chair. The initial blow missed its intended force, with Mr Crabbe sustaining only minor injuries, though he later reported “significant annoyance” at the ear-pinching.

Mr Crabbe was treated at the scene by emergency services and did not require hospitalisation. He is understood to be recovering and has since resumed breathing at what he described as a “more considerate volume.”

Mrs Crabbe remains in custody and is expected to appear before magistrates later this week. Authorities have not confirmed whether The Archers will be available behind bars.

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