Mum Sentenced For Bar Brawl

A drunken mother-of-two, who joined a violent group-beating of a man after a row in a South-East London bar, has dodged jail with a suspended sentence.

Stacey Fay, 27, of Dawes Street, Walworth was caught on CCTV striking the victim's head, causing a cut.

She pleaded guilty to assault, causing actual bodily harm, in Blackwater Street, East Dulwich on December 11, last year.

The disturbance began inside the Liquorish bar, (pictured) Lordship Lane when someone bumped into another person, who was using crutches.

The row continued outside, where the victim was surrounded by an angry group of men and women, including Fay, and repeatedly punched in the head.

Fay's shoes were caught on CCTV images and she was identified inflicting a blow.

Tower Bridge Magistrates' Court committed her to Woolwich Crown Court for sentencing because they felt their powers of punishment, limited to six months imprisonment, were insufficient to meet the seriousness of the offence.

Her solicitor told the magistrates' court: “She was very inebriated. The police said she was visibly upset by seeing her own actions.”

The court also heard Fay is in a considerable amount of debt.

She was sentenced to six months imprisonment, suspended for a year, and ordered to perform 100 hours community service work.