A Russian woman felt so "angry and aggrieved" after her wealthy Scottish husband said their marriage was over that she went on a duty free shopping spree, the High Court has heard.
The woman spent more than £2,000 buying watches at Heathrow Airport after she and her husband fought at a London hotel, said a judge.
Deputy High Court Judge Jennifer Roberts said there had been "some violence on both sides" during the row and the man had been led from the hotel in handcuffs by police.
"As far as the husband was concerned, that event clearly marked the final end of the marriage, and he communicated the same to the wife," said Judge Roberts.
"She felt sufficiently angry and aggrieved to spend over £2,000 on the purchase of watches at the duty free shopping area of Heathrow as she made her way home to Moscow later that day."
Detail has emerged in a written analysis of the case by the judge following a hearing in the Family Division of the High Court in London.
The couple had divorced and were fighting over money.
Judge Roberts said she had been asked to made various "findings of fact". More hearings are due.
The man was 62 and had been an oil and gas industry boss who had worked in the UK, the US and Russia, said the judge. The woman was 48 and had been a company administrator in Moscow. They were not named.
The judge concluded that the man "deliberately misled" the court, the woman and his lawyers about the "true state of his finances".
She said the woman's integrity had been impugned in relation to "dealings with a portfolio of matrimonial properties".
Judge Roberts said the couple had liquid assets of about £4 million and had run up nearly £1 million in lawyers' fees.
She said the litigation had been a "financial disaster" for the couple, who had been married for more than 10 years and had three daughters.
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereComments are closed on this article