Himm Brown

Sister-in-law hurled paint over bride moments before she walked down the aisle Antonia Eastwood threw black paint over Gemma Monk’s face, arm and £1,800 wedding dress just minutes before the 35-year-old mental health worker was due to walk down the aisle at Oakwood House in Maidstone on May 24, 2024. The revenge attack came after Eastwood accused Gemma of trying to trip her at her own wedding the previous year. Gemma had only just come through a terrifying cancer scare, something her sister-in-law knew full well. Despite the horror, Gemma changed into a borrowed gown and still married her childhood sweetheart two hours later. Eastwood pleaded guilty to two counts of criminal damage. She was handed a 10-month suspended sentence, 160 hours unpaid work, a 10-year restraining order and ordered to pay £5,000 compensation. Gemma said the day she had waited so long for was turned into “the worst memory I will never forget.”