Alison Moore, 63, was given an 18-month suspended sentence after an attack on her husband Rob involving excrement. The Daily Mail reports that the couple are now talking about a “fresh start” together.
A couple whose marriage broke down after a violent attack by the wife on her husband are discussing a reconciliation, the Daily Mail has reported. Alison Moore, 63, received an 18-month suspended prison sentence at Southampton Crown Court on Thursday over an attack on her husband, Rob, also 63, involving excrement. The couple recently put their £1.2m farmhouse in Damerham, Hampshire, on the market, which neighbours first assumed was a result of their split. According to the newspaper, the sale proceeds could instead fund a new start together.
The couple’s plans
A friend of the couple who lives nearby told the Daily Mail: “They’ve put their house up for sale but even though they have been living apart they are in contact and are talking about the future – and how it could yet be with each other.” The friend said they wanted “a place where nobody knows them”.
Mrs Moore is currently staying in a holiday let in Dorset. She spent three weeks on remand at HMP Bronzefield before the hearing. Mr Moore, who married his wife 13 years ago, is still living at the property with their two dogs. He declined to comment when the Daily Mail visited this week.
News of the possible reconciliation has caused surprise in the village, which has a population of about 500. One villager told the newspaper: “I don’t know how you come back from that as a couple. But each to his own and if they can work it out, well I say hats off to them.”
The court hearing
Southampton Crown Court heard that the attack followed an afternoon of drinking together at The Compasses pub and another pub. According to the court, Mrs Moore pushed her husband onto the bed at their home after accusing him of “not standing up for her” at a pub and calling him “boring”. She then shouted: “You talk so much s**t, I’m going to make you eat it,” before trying to carry out the threat.
Mr Moore broke free, washed his mouth out and changed his clothes. Before cleaning himself, he took a photograph of his face, which was shown to the court. Police were called and Mrs Moore was arrested.
Mr Moore also told the court that his wife had previously hit him in the back with a broom handle and struck him in the face while wearing her wedding ring. Photographs taken after those incidents, in March 2024 and August 2026, showed a cut above his eye and reddening on his back.
He provided a victim impact statement but asked for it not to be read out in open court. He said he did not support a restraining order against his wife and left the court with her.
Rose Burns, defending, said Mrs Moore had been suffering from depression after a series of bereavements. They included the deaths of both her parents within a year, her sister’s death earlier this year from a head injury sustained in a fall down stairs, an uncle’s death and the death of one of her dogs. Ms Burns said: “A lack of self-control drove her to do these things; in her right mind, she wouldn’t have done them.” She told the court Mrs Moore was determined to change her behaviour and wanted to see whether reconciliation was possible.
The court also heard that Mrs Moore, who has previous convictions for drink driving, had referred herself to the Priory clinic to review her relationship with alcohol.
A previous conviction
Mrs Moore, a wealthy retired businesswoman who made her money in property, has been in court before. In 2022 she became fixated on a builder working at the family home, the Daily Mail reported. After drinking a bottle of wine and taking cocaine, she walked about 300 yards through the village at 11pm to his home and confronted his partner of 11 years, Aimee Burnett.
Ms Burnett told the newspaper that Mrs Moore told her: “Your husband is trying to f*** me”, tried to barge into the house, and dragged her by the hair and threw her to the ground. Ms Burnett said she was left “shaking and in complete shock”. Mrs Moore was found guilty after a trial of using violence to secure entry to premises and assault by beating. She denied both charges. She received a 12-month community order with a rehabilitation requirement and 100 hours of unpaid work, along with a one-year restraining order. She was ordered to pay Ms Burnett £500 in compensation, £620 in legal fees and a £95 victim surcharge.
Ms Burnett told the Daily Mail she could not believe the couple were considering staying together. “What she did to her husband is disgusting,” she said. “If they are leaving Damerham, then I say good riddance.”
Mrs Moore has also been barred from The Compasses. A worker there told the newspaper: “We took this action last year because she gets quite out of control after a drink. This is a very quiet, friendly pub but she could get very rowdy after a few. She is the only person we have ever barred.”
The property
The farmhouse dates back to the 1700s and has three bedrooms. It stands in a half-acre orchard and has a six-car garage, stables, a paddock and landscaped gardens with views across the countryside.
