Couple separated day they married and still fighting

A man accused of beating his wife was acquitted Tuesday after the court found a shortage of evidence, as the defense maintained it was actually the man who took a thrashing at the hands of his wife.

Assault charges against Thomas Workman were thrown out Tuesday by General Sessions Judge Larry Ross in the ‘he said, she said’ case in which both sides accused the other of spousal abuse.

‘You two don’t need to be married,’ Ross observed in dismissing the case between the estranged couple. The two were literally separated on the day of their marriage when Workman had to go to jail on other charges before even going on his honeymoon.

Prosecutors pointed out the couple had really only spent a couple of days together since being married in February since both had taken turns going to jail to serve time on various charges.

However, it was on one of those rare days of freedom for both that Tiffany Williams said Workman hit her in the face and threatened her ‘ even as she returned from getting an order of protection against him. Williams showed the judge a picture on her cellphone depicting what she said was a mark left by her husband’s punch.

The defense, however, countered her case with testimony of police officers who said they did not find any signs of abuse and saw no holes in the wall of their home where Williams said her husband had punched holes in a fit of anger. She said he flew into a rage when she came home from job searching.

The defense claims Williams hit Workman.

‘You hit my client didn’t you,’ asked assistant public defender Trenena Wilcher, prompting a denial from Williams. ‘My client was actually on the way to the jail to take out a warrant on you.’

Unable to determine who was telling the truth and who was lying, Judge Ross dropped the case against Workman, advising the two to stay estranged given their stormy past. The dismissal of the case against Workman also resulted in violation of probation charges being dropped against him since his arrest on the assault brought a violation of his probation.