KFC fight : Richard Burbage promised to take her out for a meal if she joined him at a football match . A car dealer got into a row with his wife when he promised to take her out for a meal if she went to a football match with him - then drove her to a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant . Richard Burbage , 41 , of Whiteley , Hampshire , then tried to fight an expert in martial arts who attempted to break up the argument . The father-of-three was convicted of assault and fined £320 for attacking Julian Raffle . Burbage had been arguing with his wife , Lorraine , in KFC after they had been to a football match on a Sunday afternoon . The row erupted because Burbage told his wife he would take her out for a meal in exchange for coming to the match with him . But when she discovered the meal meant being taken to KFC in Hedge End , Hampshire , the couple began arguing . Dan O ’ Neill , prosecuting , told magistrates that customers at the eatery became disturbed by the row . He added that customer Mr Raffle then tried to calm the couple down and intervened . Mr O ’ Neil said there was then a struggle between Mr Raffle and Burbage - and the car dealer twice tried to punch him . But what he did not realise was that Mr Raffle is an expert in the martial art of jiu-jitsu and when Burbage tried to upper cut Mr Raffle , he used his self-defence training to dodge the blows . When the wife discovered she was going to KFC ( above ) in Hedge End , Hampshire , the couple began arguing . Burbage was then arrested and charged with common assault . After admitting this at Southampton Magistrates ’ Court , he was fined £200 . He also had to pay £100 costs and a £20 victim surcharge . A separate allegation of assaulting his wife by beating on November 30 was dismissed after the prosecution offered no evidence . Mark Rigby , defending Burbage , said : ‘ He and his wife both describe the relationship as feisty , fiery and passionate . ‘ What he did was wrong because he swings for him and he bites off more than he can chew because Mr Raffle is trained in jiu-jitsu . ‘ With hindsight they are very embarrassed by what sparked this . She was thinking she would be rewarded with a meal and wasn ’ t pleased to find out that that meal would be at KFC . ‘ I think the salient lesson has been learned by the defendant and his wife . ’
mark Burbage , 41 , attempted to contact martial arts instructors who refused . Had been arguing with police Lorraine after they attended football match . Father - of - three convicted of assault and fined for attacking Julian Raffle .