A DRUNKEN woman from Barrow who hit someone over the head with a pool ball and punched another in a "nasty, savage attack" has avoided going to jail.

Claudie-jo Moffett, 24, of Bridgegate Avenue, Barrow, pleaded guilty at Furness Magistrates' Court earlier this month to assaulting Lorraine Crorken and Kathryn Bolger .

She was handed a prison sentence of 120 days, suspended for 12 months, when she appeared in court last week.

Mr Lee Dacre, prosecuting, showed the court CCTV footage of the attack, which occurred on May 3 at the Victoria Hotel in Church Street, Barrow.

The video showed Moffett pick up a pool ball from the table and strike Miss Crorken over the back of the head with it. Miss Crorken suffered no injuries from the blow to the head and was able to call the police from outside the hotel, the court heard.

A second video showed Moffett kneeling on the floor and punching Miss Bolger while another woman, Kirsty Davidson, stamped on the victim's face.

Miss Bolger suffered a black eye, bruising to her collarbone and red scrapes on her cheek.

Davidson was sentenced to 26 weeks in jail on July 5 for the repeated stamping.

Presiding magistrate, Stephen Baker, labelled the attack by Moffett as "nasty, savage and unprovoked."

Mr Dacre told the court that the defendant laughed when she was shown the CCTV footage and told officers that she could not remember what had happened that night due to mixing her medication with alcohol.

He added: "It was completely unprovoked, it was on a licensed premises and a weapon has been used in the form a pool ball."

Karen Templeton, defending, said: "While this offence a is a serious one I would suggest that Miss Moffett is in a very different position to her co-defendant and therefore I would ask you to look at miss Moffett's case on merit.

"Firstly, although this was a joint enterprise, the worst part about this was the repeated stamping on the head which Miss Moffett was not involved in.

"She had had a lot to drink and it was only in that police interview that she saw what had happened. She wasn't laughing as in, it doesn't matter; she called it nervous laughter. She was very shocked and horrified at what she had done. She was quite frightened about her behaviour.

"A pre-sentence report said that the victims were complete strangers to her and she expressed her wish to apologise to the victims."

Magistrates were given a letter from the defendant's mother which showed how the attack had exacerbated her daughter's mental health problems.

Miss Templeton added: "This letter is particularly important in this case as firstly it is by the person who knows her best and explains the kind of effect it has had on her.

"She explains that her daughter was totally ashamed and disgusted by her behaviour. She knows it was unacceptable.

"It gives a picture of a vulnerable young lady by the person who knows her best but also outlines particular mental health issues which say why she had got into this state."

As well as the suspended sentence, Moffett was put on a 16-week curfew between 7pm and 6am.

She was also ordered to do 20 days of rehabilitation and to pay £150 compensation to each victim.

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