Woman scarred for life in Oswestry attack
A 20-year-old woman was left scarred for life and suffering nightmares following a "vicious" and unprovoked attack by another young woman in an Oswestry street, a court heard.
Hollie Roberts punched Josie Evans to the ground and then repeatedly banged her head against the pavement during the attack.
Roberts was sentenced to eight months detention in a young offenders institution at Shrewsbury Crown Court yesterday, and ordered to pay a £100 surcharge.
The 20-year-old, of School Lane, Trefonen, Oswestry, had admitted assaulting Miss Evans, causing her actual bodily harm, in the early hours of September 14 last year.
Judge Simon Tonking, sentencing, said the kind of drunken street violence Roberts displayed was what put people off going out at nights.
Mr Kevin Jones, prosecuting, said Miss Evans had been out in Oswestry and was leaving the Boar's Head pub with friends to go for food when she spotted Roberts jumping up and down in the street and "going berserk".
He said Roberts then appeared in front of Miss Evans and punched her to the ground before punching her more and then grabbing her hair and repeatedly slamming her head into the pavement.
A police officer came across Roberts straddling Miss Evans and banging her head up and down.
The court heard Miss Evans was left with cuts and bruises to her face and lip, a swollen nose which was permanenty scarred and a fractured tooth which Mr Jones said still required ongoing medical attention.
He said Miss Evans was also preparing for an operation on her lip next month.
Miss Evans said in a victim impact statement read out in the court that she still did not feel happy in herself, since the attack and always had to wear make up to hide the scar on her nose.
She said her tooth would not be straightened for two years and she felt paranoid now about going out.
The court heard she had lost confidence since and had suffered nightmares about the incident.
Judge Tonking said the defendant had seen Miss Evans walking with Roberts' boyfriend moments before the attack, but her reaction was totally unjustified.
He said that, had she been sober, she would have reacted differently.
Debra White, defending, said Roberts was of previously good character and the attack was impulsive and totally out of character.
She said: "She is acutely aware of the harm she has caused."
