Woman assaulted in Lurgan had facial injuries but her female attacker denied pulling out her hair, Craigavon court hears
A woman assaulted in Lurgan had facial and hand injuries but her attacker denied pulling out her hair, a court has heard.
Alexandra Vorniceamu aged 24, with an address in Albert Street, Lurgan appeared before Craigavon Magistrates Court having pleaded guilty to assaulting another woman.
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The incident happened on November 24 last year.
District Judge Peter Magill said it wasn’t a matter if the assault happened but whether it amounts to actual bodily harm.
"The allegation is that in the course of the assault hair was pulled out which the defendant denied and there were some injuries to her face. Did you cause that cut? Probably yes,” he said.
“I have seen the photographs and even leaving the disputed issue of the hair to one side, this lady had a minor scrape to her forehead. She had scrapes to her hand, again relatively minor. She had an injury to her lower lip which clearly caused it to bleed.
"While it is far from the most serious case this court has seen, it is equivalent to actual bodily harm, therefore, I convict,” he said.
Vorniceamu’s barrister, Mr Damien Halleron, said his client is not working at the moment and is the mother of three young children.
He explained that the injured party is the aunt of the defendant’s partner.
“They don’t talk. They haven’t seen each other since and have no intention of seeing each other again,” said Mr Halleron, adding his client, a Romanian national, has been living in the jurisdiction for 10 years.
The district judge gave the defendant a Conditional Discharge for two years.