Drunk teenage lady, 19, who brutally attacked girl on the street avoids jail and is ordered to pay £50 after courtroom heard she was ‘provoked’ as a result of she was racially abused

A teenage lady who obtained drunk and subjected one other girl to a vicious beating on the street has averted jail and been informed to pay £50 damages after magistrates accepted she had been ‘provoked’ into attacking the sufferer after  racist abuse.

School pupil Kareena Ijaz-Woodward, 19, pulled Samantha Hulme to the bottom by her hair, wrapped her legs round her neck to pin her down, after which repeatedly punched her whereas a 3rd girl kicked the sufferer to the pinnacle in the course of the struggle outdoors a bus station within the early hours of July 9.

Miss Hulme, from Runcorn, Cheshire was left with a black eye, scratches and lumps on the face and a small minimize on her head. She additionally had bruising on her arm, ribs and knees and a minimize on her proper finger.

However when police arrested Ijaz-Woodward and confederate Jade Pegram, each claimed that they had been reacting to racist abuse hurled at them by the sufferer.

At Warrington Magistrates’ Courtroom Ijaz-Woodward and mother-of-three Pegram, 30, each of Runcorn admitted assault by beating and had been every ordered to pay the ‘lowered’ quantity of £50 damages by magistrates who cited ‘provocation’ as a reason for the offence. The sufferer was not in courtroom.

Teenage lady Kareena Ijaz-Woodward (pictured), 19, who obtained drunk and subjected one other girl to a vicious beating on the street has averted jail and been informed to pay £50 damages after magistrates accepted she had been ‘provoked’ into attacking the sufferer because of racist abuse

Ijaz-Woodward, of of Runcorn, Cheshire, pulled Samantha Hulme to the bottom by her hair, wrapped her legs round her neck to pin her down, after which repeatedly punched her whereas a 3rd girl kicked the sufferer to the pinnacle in the course of the struggle outdoors a bus station within the early hours of July 9

The struggle broke out after Ijaz-Woodward, who research make-up and hairdressing at a neighborhood additional training school, had been ingesting closely with Pegram and different pals.

Yvonne Dobson, prosecuting, mentioned: ‘Miss Ijaz-Woodward could be seen instigating the bodily assault on the complainant on this matter. She appeared to seize the complainant earlier than the defendant was pulled away by one other feminine.

‘The complainant ran away to a close-by automotive park space however was adopted by each the defendants and Miss Ijaz-Woodward continued the assault on the complainant by dragging her to the ground and repeatedly punching her to the pinnacle.

‘Miss Pegram could be seen to kick the complainant within the head, while the complainant is on the ground. The complainant managed to stand up from the ground however was adopted once more by the defendants. There was an extra altercation between the complainant and the 2 defendants.

‘Miss Pegram could be seen to push the complainant with power inflicting her to fall backwards to the ground. The complainant obtained up from the ground and was adopted by Miss Ijaz-Woodward and the matter continued. Miss Ijaz-Woodward dragged the complainant to the ground by her hair and pulled her alongside the ground by her hair and repeatedly punched her.

‘She wrapped her legs round her neck as a way to pin her to the ground, so the complainant couldn’t stand up. She remained in that place for round twenty seconds as Miss Ijaz-Woodward punched her to the pinnacle an extra two instances.

‘As soon as the complainant and the defendant stand up Miss Ijaz-Woodward continues to assault her by swinging her purse into the face of the complainant. When the complainant tries to go away the realm, she is adopted by Miss Pegram all the best way down the street.

‘It was a chronic and protracted assault and substantial power was used. The complainant suffered greater than minor accidents.’

Neither Ijaz-Woodward or Pegram had earlier convictions. In mitigation Ijaz-Woodward’s lawyer Susan Hedges mentioned: ‘While she acknowledges she was ingesting, she has not sought guilty that and says it was in truth provocation in relation to racist slurs to a different particular person which brought on her to behave on this event.

‘We’d not search guilty the complainant however it is a real case of provocation. It’s clear that the complainant has acknowledged that she used racist language to the police officer and that’s verified in her proof.

‘That diploma of provocation appears to point what has led to this. A few of the alcohol could have disinhibited this defendant in a way however she doesn’t search guilty the offence on drink. It does seem like the racist language which has brought on her to behave in the best way she has, which does seem like out of character.

‘She seems an upstanding citizen. She attends school, she has some assist, she has future plans. She seems to be honest in suggesting that she has no intention of being concerned within the prison justice system sooner or later.

‘Since her involvement within the offence and the shock she has skilled in relation to her personal actions, she has barely been out to social occasions or consumed alcohol, such is her response to being concerned on this offence.’

The struggle broke out after Ijaz-Woodward (centre, with pals), who research make-up and hairdressing at a neighborhood additional training school, had been ingesting closely with Pegram and different pals

At Warrington Magistrates’ Courtroom Ijaz-Woodward and mother-of-three Jade Pegram (pictured), 30, each of Runcorn admitted assault by beating and had been every ordered to pay the ‘lowered’ quantity of £50 damages by magistrates who cited ‘provocation’ as a reason for the offence. The sufferer was not in co 

For Pegram who lives off Common Credit score with PIP (private independence funds), defence lawyer Simon Dunn mentioned: ‘This offence was clearly out of character and exacerbated by her use of alcohol – however there was a big diploma of provocation.

‘The circumstances are recorded by the officer that the complainant had been racially abusive. This set of circumstances wouldn’t have occurred however for the behaviour of the complainant.

‘Miss Pegram doesn’t make it an excuse. It was not applicable for her to react in that approach that she did. That is very a lot a one-off. She accepts the hurt that she has brought on and accepts the trauma she has brought on.

‘Everyone knows alcohol is disinhibitory and makes folks behave in a fashion that they’d not usually do. Miss Pegram finds herself in a scenario. She was out with two pals, having fun with the time, when she was met by one other member of the family. They had been topic to verbal abuse by one other individual. That was the catalyst. That’s recorded within the police officer’s info.

Each ladies had been additionally sentenced to eight weeks in jail, suspended for 12 months, together with 20 days of rehabilitation exercise with the probation service. They had been every ordered to pay £274 in prices and sufferer surcharge.

JP Keith Gleave informed Ijaz-Woodward: ‘This was a chronic assault, and now we have seen there have been varied accidents sustained. You probably did seem like the better aggressor of what was a joint enterprise.

‘The place provocation exists there’s nonetheless a line which should not be handed and on this event, you’ve got vastly exceeded that line. However the motive for this low quantity of compensation is due to the provocation that began the offence off.’