'Tramp' mum smashed pregnant pal's eye socket during children's party rampage
dailystar.co.ukgetting drunk and assaulting a pregnant friend, has managed to avoid a jail sentence despite smashing her eye socket.Canterbury Crown Court heard how Rachel Carter, 32, flew “over the heads” of horrified, screaming children to attack Jade Huckstep at a Ramsgate gathering in March last year.She barged past two children, causing common assault, to set upon her victim.Judge Simon James told her: “You became involved in an argument with your former friend who you knew was in the early stages of pregnancy.“It is clear things descended into a physical altercation with you two mothers exchanging punches".“Outside," the judge added, "you can both be seen screaming insults at each other, seemingly oblivious to the impact that had on the children around you.“You pushed children out of the way so you could continue to prosecute your assault.
You were both drunk and behaving like children – the footage is extraordinary and you should hang your head in shame.”Carter was convicted after pleading guilty to grievous bodily harm and two counts of common assault, which relate to the two children she pushed past.Judge James said he would suspend her sentence of two years as an “act of mercy”, so her own children would not go without a mum.She must also complete a 40-day rehabilitation activity with probation.At one point in the fight, Carter had Ms Huckstep on the floor, punching and kicking her, the court heard.A neighbour filmed the altercation through their keyhole as the fight spilled onto the landing and a child tried to stop the violence.Sarah Ellis, prosecuting, said: “Carter pulled Huckstep’s hair to try and remove her.“A neighbour tried to break them up – they screamed and shouted for many minutes.“(It is) thoroughly unedifying.
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