'Callous' pubgoer nearly killed victim with single punch after Facebook row

A "callous" pistillate who astir killed a 64-year aged housewife with a azygous punch aft a enactment implicit a Facebook post, has been spared jail.

Susan Lloyd, 62, challenged Diane Jones to a combat extracurricular a pub earlier hitting her, causing her to autumn into the street, bang her caput and endure 2 bleeds connected the brain.

She dragged Miss Jones onto the pavement "like a rag doll" aft the onslaught but past abandoned her and went backmost into the barroom to talk with friends – adjacent appearing to "re-enact" the uppercut arsenic she chatted to them.

Chester Crown Court heard Lloyd was dating the widowed hubby of Miss Jones’s precocious sister - but Miss Jones had posted connected societal media that the household felt helium had moved excessively rapidly into a caller relationship.

Lloyd admitted causing GBH but was fixed a suspended sentence.

The incidental happened erstwhile some women were successful their section Witton Chimes pub successful Northwich arsenic the Manchester United and Liverpool FC FA Cup 4th last was being played successful March 2024.

CCTV footage showed them connected the pavement extracurricular with Lloyd shaking her caput and waving her arms astir earlier punching Miss Jones to the head.

Lloyd past doubly tried to deed the unfortunate arsenic she was staggering backwards earlier falling onto treble yellowish lines.

In a connection Miss Jones said: "One infinitesimal I was celebrating a Manchester extremity and the adjacent infinitesimal I was successful infirmary wherever I was told that I had 2 bleeds connected the brain.

"I person had changeless aesculapian appointments; 4 CT scans an MRI scan and I person been to spot my GP and had infirmary appointments aggregate times.

"I americium seeing a physiotherapist and I americium waiting for appointments with neurology and spinal specialists. I americium besides connected symptom medicine and cannot get antagonistic thoughts retired of my head.

"I ideate lying adjacent to my sister who has passed away. I americium frightened each the clip and deliberation that everyone hates me."

She added: "I cannot recognize wherefore this has happened. It keeps moving done my head, ‘Why person you done specified a thing?’"

She said she felt ‘lucky’ that a paramedic was walking past aft the incident.

"I genuinely consciousness that if not due to the fact that of them I would beryllium lying adjacent to my sister."

Peter Hussey prosecuting said: "The friction arose from the defendant's narration with a antheral who was joined to Miss Jones’s sister. This happened connected the day of the sister’s death.

"There was immoderate friction arsenic to wherefore helium should instrumentality idiosyncratic up truthful soon afterwards. That was the feeling of Miss Jones and her broadside of the family."

Daniel Lister, defending, said: "It was an impulsive oregon abbreviated lived battle - it is truly 1 punch and it is the falling to the level that causes the injury.

"But this is idiosyncratic for whom this behaviour is genuinely retired of character. She is genuinely remorseful and was nether peculiar strain astatine the time."

Judge Steven Everett sentenced Lloyd to 8 months successful situation suspended for 2 years. She was besides ordered to implicit 150 hours unpaid work, 20 days rehabilitation and a 3 period 7 p.m. to 7am curfew,

A restraining bid was issued forbidding her from approaching oregon contacting Miss Jones for 5 years.

Judge Everett told Lloyd: "Your behaviour connected that time was genuinely callous.

"You punched the complainant close retired of the blue. This is not conscionable a insignificant wounded that tin beryllium shrugged off…It is wide you did not springiness 2 hoots if she died and she could have.

"If she had you would person been facing a complaint of manslaughter and I would beryllium sending you to situation for a sizeable play of time. You request to recognize you came adjacent to being a killer.

"I americium rather definite Diane Jones does not consciousness fortunate astatine each but it was lone by bully luck that she did not die."