Michaela Shortall, of Hawthorn Drive, Rathdrum, Co Wicklow.
A woman who became involved in a verbal altercation in a Rathdrum pub before assaulting another woman has been fined.
Michaela Shortall, of Hawthorn Drive, Rathdrum, Co Wicklow, appeared before Bray District Court charged with a Section 3 assault.
Solicitor for the accused, Brendan Maloney, told the court that the State did not have a medical report and, in the absence of such a report, his client was willing to plead guilty to a Section 2 assault. The State agreed.
The court heard that Ms Shortall was in a pub in Rathdrum when she became involved in a verbal altercation with another woman. The defendant pulled the injured party by the hair and dargged her to the ground.
In his evidence, Sergeant Mick Canavan told the court that the victim suffers from a chronic illness and has experienced constant pain to the scalp since the incident.
Ms Shortall has one previous conviction for a public order offence at Carlow District Court.
When questioned as to why she committed the assault, the defendant alleged that the injured party had called her brother a “knacker”.
The incident was described in court by Mr Maloney as “not his client’s finest moment”.
In his plea in mitigation, he told the court that Ms Shortall is the mother of three young children and does not earn a significant income.
Judge Áine Shannon described the situation as “disgraceful” before fining Ms Shortall €600, with six months to pay.
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