Thug used bag containing vodka bottle in attack

WOMAN SWUNG AT NEIGHBOURS

- KENNY PARKER and PAUL BRITTON

A WOMAN who attacked two of her neighbours with a bag containing a bottle of vodka as they were gardening has been fined £40.

Claudia Carrington, 22, who a court heard has a history of drink-related violence, swung the bag at the two women, aged 61 and 51, hitting one of them.

Carrington faced 10 different hearings and four aborted trials in what her solicitor described as a ‘torturous passage through the courts’ of the case after it finally came to a close.

A trial date was set four times and the victims turned up to testify, but each hearing was adjourned due to missing evidence, legal issues or Carrington turning up late, Tameside magistrates court heard.