A WOMAN has been handed a community order and a court bill after a string of assaults in Herefordshire.

Kelsie Matthews entered guilty pleas to two counts of assault by beating, one count of assault by beating of an emergency worker and one count of criminal damage to property valued under £5,000.

Hereford magistrates heard from prosecutor Lauren Millichip at a hearing on August 13 that the 22-year-old had attacked three people on July 8 in Kington.

She also damaged a gate belonging to one of the women.

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Matthews, who gave a “care of” address to the court of Herefordshire Council’s offices in Plough Lane, was handed an 18-month community order and must undergo 22 days of rehabilitation activities for assaulting an emergency worker, plus up to 20 days for each of the other offences. 

She was also ordered to pay £100 to each of the women she assaulted, and £125 to the police officer, in compensation, plus a £50 fine.

Matthews was ordered to pay prosecution costs of £85 and a victim surcharge of £114.