A woman was punched in the face and had a pan of cooking oil poured over her after using the wrong kind of bread to make her husband toast, a court heard.

Andrew McLauchlan, 51, launched the attack on his wife Jacqueline after returning home from a drinking session and demanding a late-night snack.

Perth Sheriff Court heard that when his toast was ready he noticed it was made from brown bread, at which point he flew into a rage.

He punched his wife of 33 years in the face, slapped her, then picked up a pot of cold cooking oil and tipped it over her head. When police arrived at the scene he also fought with them before being taken into custody.

Fiscal depute Ann Orr told the court that McLauchlan and his wife were staying at a caravan park in Elie, Fife, when the incident took place.

She said: "At the time of the incident he was taking a variety of medications and when consuming alcohol along with this it affected his behaviour.

"On this evening he had been drinking and at 1am Mrs McLauchlan was woken by the accused walking about the caravan.

"She got up and made herself some tea and made him some toast. He was acting in an aggressive manner and said he didn't like the toast and smashed the plate on the work top.

"She made more toast for him and again he said he didn't like it and told her to clean up the broken plate.

"He went over to her and punched her on the right eye then slapped her a couple of times on the left side of her head. He then picked up a pot from the cooker that had cold cooking oil in it and threw it all over her head and face."

McLauchlan, 51, of Skene Street, Strathmiglo, Fife, pleaded guilty to assaulting his wife and resisting arrest at Shell Bay Caravan Park on September 9, 2011.

Sheriff Charles Macnair QC placed McLauchlan on a community payback order, banning him from consuming alcohol while on opiate based prescription medication.

He will also serve 135 hours community service and was put on a tag restricting him to his home between 7pm and 7am for 135 days.