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Woman arrested on her wedding night

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GLASGOW, Scotland, April 27 (UPI) -- A Glasgow, Scotland, wedding night ended with the bride being hauled away by police, still wearing her wedding dress, for an alleged attack on the bridegroom.

Heather Mearns, 33, taken away in handcuffs, just a few hours after being married to Mark Allerton, for allegedly attacking her new hubby, the Glasgow Herald reported Friday.

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Mearns reportedly bit Allerton on the arm and hit him on the head with her shoe just hours after they said "I do,

But Allerton is standing by his new wife.

"It was something over nothing. Just one of those silly things. It's unfortunate that the police got involved," he told the Herald. "But at the end of the day we're back together and we're happy. I'm not holding anything against her."

The couple, who have been friends for 16 years, have actually been an item for six months.

The incident took place in their hotel room and Allerton went to the reception desk to get help, the newspaper reported.

"They called an ambulance but the police were called too, which I didn't ask them to do, he said. "It was hellish for me seeing Heather being taken away in handcuffs."

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