Woman smashes up wrong car after row

BERLIN (Reuters) - A German woman became so furious after a row with her husband she stormed out of the house armed with a hammer and smashed up his car -- before realising she had vandalised the wrong vehicle.


The 43-year-old from Essen, western Germany, told police on Wednesday she shattered the windscreen, broke the headlights and wrenched off the wing mirrors, causing 1,000 euros (660 pounds) in damage, because she was filled with rage after a telephone quarrel.


After going back indoors she realised she had battered the wrong car. Only noticing the colour, she had attacked her neighbour's blue Opel Corsa and not the blue Ford Fiesta belonging to her spouse.