Suspended sentence for Derry woman who sent threatening messages and threw crutch at her mother
Lauren Devine (22) of Fountain Hill in Derry was charged with, on December 19 2022, sending threatening messages, including hoping that 'masked men' broke down a door
A woman has been given a suspended sentence at Derry Magistrates Court charged with assault, criminal damage, sending threatening messages and a number of disorderly behaviours.
Lauren Devine (22) of Fountain Hill in Derry was charged with, on December 19 2022, sending threatening messages, including hoping that 'masked men' broke down a door.
She was also charged with, on August 6 2022, disorderly behavior after police were called by the ambulance service to the scene of a female that appeared to be drowsy.
Devine was taken to A&E and became volatile, shouting abuse at staff leading to her arrest.
On February 23 2023, she was again charged with disorderly behavior in Altnagelvin Hospital after throwing a crutch at her mother.
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She admitted to the throwing but claimed that she did not mean to hit her.
Finally, on January 12 this year, she was charged with assault after another run-in with her mother, leading to a black eye.
She was also charged on the same date with criminal damage after damaging a window, letterbox and garden furniture belonging to her mother.
Defence Barrister Stephen Chapman said that Devine was a 'troubled young person' whose relationship with her mother was 'not good'.
She was sentenced to four months in custody, suspended for eighteen months.