A PREGNANT woman punched the grandmother of her two children while she was drunk, a court heard.

The mother also pushed a glass into the face of a man who was trying to stop her re-entering the pub in Dursley where the victim had been hit, Stroud Magistrates' Court was told.

Kerrie Dobbs, 32, of St George's Road, Dursley, was one month pregnant when she assaulted both a male and female victim - who was the grandmother of her two children - in the Yew Tree pub at 11.50pm on December 2 last year.

Derek Ryder, prosecuting, said Miss Dobbs had grabbed the victom her by her hair and hit her on the right side of the face.

"She felt her face and it was covered in blood and there was a cut on her right eyebrow.

"She said Miss Dobbs was very drunk, loud and aggressive," he said.

Mr Ryder said the defendant was then involved in another incident with a man who was in the pub and holding a glass.

"Some people who were there say he was trying to keep Miss Dobbs out of the pub. He said that she pushed the glass into his face with the heel of her hand."

The court was told he was taken to hospital to have pieces of glass removed from his face and he suffered cuts to the nose and chin.

Dobbs admitted two charges of assault causing actual bodily harm (ABH).

In a statement after the incident Dobbs said that she and the grandmother fell out because the relationship between her and the victim's son broke down and that the evening of December 2 the victim called her a bad mother.

Clare Godding, mitigating, said: "On that night Miss Dobbs admits she was intoxicated. At the time she was also suffering from depression, which she was taking medication for and this was probably not a good mix with the alcohol."

Dobbs was given a two month curfew order banning her from leaving her home between the hours of 7pm to 6.30am, except on Fridays when the curfew is extended to 8.30pm due to commitments with her children.

She is also banned from entering the Yew Tree pub for six months. No order was made for compensation or prosecution costs because the magistrates were advised Dobbs receives benefits, which is her sole income.

11:38am Friday 9th May 2008

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