A man ripped out part of his estranged wife's cheek with a corkscrew after turning up at her East Lothian home to try for a reconciliation.
Ian MacLeod had already apologised for an earlier assault on Debra McLeod which led to him being fined, but he then launched a vicious attack, pinning her to her floor and slashing her face repeatedly with the bottle opener.
The 52-year old was originally charged with attempted murder after the horrific assault at the Thurston Manor Holiday Park in Dunbar. However, he pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of assault to the danger of life at the High Court in Edinburgh on Wednesday.
The court heard Iain MacLeod had been fined £100 and told to pay £50 compensation after assaulting his wife and her two daughters two months previous to the corkscrew attack.
After pleading with his wife to forgive him and get back togther, they spent a few days together in Blackpool before Mrs MacLeod returned to her home in East Lothian.
However, on August 8, Mr MacLeod turned up at her home with a suitcase while his wife was out and got into her bed.
Advocate depute Morag Jack said Mrs MacLeod went to sleep in the spare room - taking a pair of scissors and a panic alarm with her. The following morning, she was getting ready for work with her husband in the lounge with his back to her.
"He turned without warning, grabbed her by the throat, put her to the ground and started squeezing her throat."
MacLeod punched the terrified 46-year-old in the face up to 15 times before rummaging through a cutlery drawer and announcing: "This will do."
As she tried to crawl to safety he turned her over and she saw a corkscrew in his hand before he began slashing at her face.
"The pain from these stab injuries was intense and again there were multiple blows to her face."
MacLeod then left, walked calmly to his car, and drove away.
Ms Jack said "Mrs MacLeod was bleeding heavily from her face, had a large hole in her left cheek and her eyes were almost swollen shut." A nurse who lived nearby saw her staggering down the street and intervened to stop her choking on her own blood.
MacLeod evetually turned himself in to police two days later and was arrested.
The judge was told: "Mrs MacLeod faces ongoing medical treatment and more operations in the coming year.
She is divorcing MacLeod and plans to leave the Edinburgh area.
Unemployed MacLeod, of 1 Drum Street, Edinburgh, was remanded in custody pending sentence next month when background reports have been prepared.
