'My sister-in-law threw paint at me on my wedding day - I stared at her as she shook in court'

'My sister-in-law threw paint at me on my wedding day - I stared at her as she shook in court'Gemma Monk said that her sister-in-law Antonia Eastwood was 'determined' that her wedding was not going to happen - Eastwood threw black paint on Gemma on her wedding dayCommentsNewsBenjamin Lynch News Reporter17:08, 19 Apr 2026View 6 ImagesGemma Monk moments after her sister-in-law threw black paint over her(Image: Cover Images)A bride stared down her sister-in-law in court as she was sentenced for covering her in black paint on her wedding day just moments before she was set to marry her childhood sweetheart.‌The question of why Antonia Eastwood carried out the “spiteful” act is still on the mind of Gemma Monk after she married Eastwood’s older brother Ken. The 35-year-old was covered in black paint in front of stunned wedding guests at Oakwood House Register Office in Maidstone in 2024.‌The incident led to Eastwood, 49, being sentenced at Maidstone Crown Court for two offences of criminal damage earlier this month. Gemma said she stared at a shaking Eastwood during the hearing.‌The bill for repairs and "loss of revenue" at Oakwood House was believed to exceed £5,000, the court was told. Gemma said that Eastwood was “determined that the wedding was not going to happen”.View 6 ImagesGemma scrubbed herself clean and married her partner(Image: Cover Images)READ MORE: Neighbours fuming over Cornwall clifftop 'Millionaire's Row' planning row for new homesREAD MORE: Livid Keir Starmer insists 'I wasn't told' as he faces MPs' grilling over Mandelson scandalBut the stunt didn't stop Gemma, who said “nothing” was going to prevent her from marrying her husband-to-be.‌“I would have walked down the aisle in my knickers and with black paint over my face if I had to,” a resolute Gemma told Kent Online.Gemma did get married that day, despite some tears after Eastwood’s cruel stunt. The mum-of-two borrowed a dress fetc...