Dentist Acquitted Of Beating Wife

A dentist, accused of domestic violence, has been found not guilty by a jury of three attacks on his ex-wife - including one, which broke her jaw.

Described as a physically abusive "caveman" during the week-long trial Khalid Faiz, 47, of South Eden Park Road, Beckenham can now put the case behind him.

As well as a criminal conviction he faced being struck off by his profession if found guilty.

The court heard evidence from 44 year-old Hina Yakub, a cargo executive with the Emirates airline, who was screened from the defendant that she was a battered wife who kept up the pretence of a happy marriage, despite the violence inside their suburban home.

Faiz, however, described her to police as "violent and emotionally unstable."

He was found not guilty on two counts of causing actual bodily harm to Hina on March 13 and June 29, 2010 and causing her grievous bodily harm on July 23.