A UK man has pleaded guilty to assault after squirting HP brown sauce on his girlfriend's face during an argument about the erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey .
Carlisle Magistrates' Court heard Raymond Hodgson, 31,on June 25 told his girlfriend of five years Emma McCormick to stop reading the best-selling book written by E L James because it was "pornographic", the Daily Mail reports.
The argument continued and the next day he went to Ms McCormick's home with a bottle of the sauce.
"She answered the door and the argument continued," prosecutor Adrienne Harris told the court.
"She went to close the door and he jammed his foot into the door, slapped her once in the face, and then squirted her with this bottle of sauce."
But Malcolm Dodds, the defence lawyer, said his client denied ever slapping Ms McCormick.
"Emma says it stung her eyes and it was all over the walls, which she had to clean up afterwards," he said.
"I've spoken to Raymond and he's extremely sorry about it."
The District Court Judge said Hodgson's actions had been intended to demean Ms McCormack and he was ordered to pay her 100 pounds compensation.
He was also served with a 6pm to 8pm curfew and a six-month community service order.
Asked outside court why he squirted her, Hodgson said he wanted to show her what saucy really meant.