Sharon Ainley struck the man with “all the force she could muster” and was seen to be “enjoying herself” as Kelly Turner and Lynsey Smith pitched in to hold him down and punch him, Leeds Crown Court was informed.
Prosecutor Joseph Hudson said the man had actually been at his Royds Avenue home in Castleford repairing his garden fence on the night of July 17, 2021, when an inebriated man approached the victim, ended up being violent and began a battle with him.
Several skirmishes then broke out on the street including the victim, his partner and otherss, although Turner was at first seen attempting to break the battles up.
But 44-year-old Ainley was then captured on CCTV walking down the street wielding a bat.
Turner and Smith were seen assaulting the man who did not respond and snap. Turner held his legs down as Smith punched him around the head. Ainley was then seen going into the victim’s house where she swung the bat at the man’s partner, capturing her in the face and fracturing her orbital bone around her eye.
She then strolled back outdoors and struck the man around the head. He suffered several lacerations to his scalp, a damaged nose and a subdural hematoma – a bleed to the brain.
Ainley, of Lower Oxford Street, Castleford, later on confessed 2 counts of Section 20 GBH and among violent condition.
Turner, age 39, of Royds Avenue, Castleford, confessed affray. Smith, age 39, of Grafton Street, Castleford confessed violent condition.
Little mitigation was used for Turner and Smith after Judge Robin Mairs said he would not send them to prison. He said he would draw back from harder sentences due to the fact that Turner has simply one conviction, while Smith has none. He offered Smith an 18-month neighborhood order with 100 hours of overdue work. Turner was handed a £1,000 fine.
Ainley, nevertheless, has 20 convictions for 36 offenses. Representing Ainley, Jo Shepherd said she had actually dealt with drug dependency throughout her life.
She is the partner of Smith, while Turner is her younger sis. Miss Shepherd likewise said that Ainley had actually likewise had a hard time because the death of her cousin.
She included: “She is ashamed of her behaviour. She saw other family members in the incident and reacted to it. It does not excuse it but it might explain it.”
Judge Mairs informed them: “Why you saw fit to scrap like alley cats in the street is beyond me. You lost control and for whatever reason you decided to attack that man.”
Having informed the court he viewed the CCTV video two times, he imprisoned Ainley for 30 months and said: “It was obvious the way you were brandishing it you were looking forward to using it, and use it you did.
“You hit him with all the force you could muster. You looked to be enjoying yourself from the footage.”
All 3 were likewise offered limiting orders to keep them far from the victims.
