Dad ‘beat ex-lover’s friend with hammer’

A father bludgeoned his ex-lover’s friend with a hammer while his son wielded a cosh, a court heard. Joedy Rouse, 38, allegedly stormed the Eight Bells pub in Fulham, southwest London, demanding to speak to old flame Kimberly Hayes on 28 February. He left Ms Hayes’ friend Helen Goldie needing 15 stitches after clubbing her on the head when she intervened, it was said. His son Joedi Rouse jnr, 18, accompanied his father into the 17th century tavern swinging a…