An 'evil' mother-of-one who viciously battered another woman at a New Year party then sent a bragging text to a friend has been jailed for a year.

Gillian Walsh, 41, launched the assault on Julie Hampson after travelling ten miles to a flat in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, to see in 2019.

Miss Hampson - who lives in a women's shelter- was punched to the ground by Walsh and party host Molly Apsley and beaten in the bathroom.

Walsh then sent a text to Apsley, saying: 'Was you proud of me coming all that way to batter that bird?'

Miss Hampson was left with bruising to her head, face and body plus scratched eyeballs, a cut lip and swelling to her face and a suspected fractured ribThe distraught victim claims she took an overdose of painkillers following the attack.

In a statement, Miss Hampson accused the two women of having a 'capacity for evil' and said: 'I have suffered from anxiety for four years and this incident had left my anxiety much worse and I have had to have my medication increased.

'At the time I was having fear that someone would come back and do it again. I am not sleeping very well. I fear going out on my own. I am not eating properly due to the stress and anxiety.

'Physically, I have a lump on my ribs following the assault. I am still in pain and taking painkillers.

'I have felt scared to stay at the woman refuge. I took an overdose four weeks ago and I have moved to live outside of Ashton-under-Lyme where I feel safe.

'I can't work due to the high level of stress. If I ever saw them again I would be absolutely terrified. I am scared of the capacity for evil they can have. Molly was supposed to be my friend'.

At Minshull Street Crown Court, Manchester, Walsh from Adswood, Stockport was jailed for 12 months after she pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

Apsley of Ashton-under-Lyne faced up to six months jail after admitting common assault but was freed with a 12 month community order after the court heard she was heavily pregnant with her first child.


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