TWO mothers who punched a woman in a nightclub breaking her nose behaved "like a couple of school kids in the playground", said a judge.
Samantha Green and Danielle Piggott attacked Karen Yassin on the dance floor of Fever nightclub in The Wardwick, Derby.
Green, 35, punched the woman in the nose and face and Piggott, 30, punched her once in the face. Ms Yassin was left with a broken nose and swollen eye socket.
Sentencing the pair, Judge John Burgess said: "It's disgraceful – two mothers behaving like a couple of school kids in the playground – absolutely atrocious. If your children behaved like this you would be appalled."
He said that anyone listening to the case would wonder "what on earth" was going on. However, Judge Burgess said he would not send them to prison because their children would "suffer far more" than they would.
They were given 12-month community orders, with 160 hours of unpaid work and a three-month curfew between 7pm and 7am.
Justin Wigoder, prosecuting, said the assault happened in the early hours of November 25.
He said: "Karen Yassin was dancing. There was a certain amount of barging – initially involving Green.
"Karen Yassin tried to move away. Green took exception to this."
Mr Wigoder said Green then punched Ms Yassin "very hard" in the face, which caused the victim to drop her purse. As Ms Yassin bent down to pick it up, Piggott punched her "very hard" in the face and then, as she stood up, Green punched her again in the face.
A man then came and stood between the women and police were called. Both Green and Piggott said they had been drinking. Green denied the assault but Piggott admitted punching Ms Yassin.
In court, Green, of Suffolk Avenue, Chaddesden, and Piggott, of Holbrook Road, Alvaston, admitted assault causing actual bodily harm to Ms Yassin on November 25.
Justin Ablott, for Green, said: "She's angry with herself, embarrassed and ashamed of it."
Stuart Newsam said Piggott was ashamed and remorseful.
