A WOMAN who assaulted a 14-year-old child has been handed a suspended prison sentence.
Laura Waller, 29, threatened a woman, broke her door and then assaulted a young girl on July 26 last year.
Waller, of Ebony Close, Colchester, admitted behaving in a threatening manner and criminal damage.
She denied assault but was convicted of the offence at Colchester Magistrates’ Court.
Waller was handed a 13 week suspended sentence and ordered to undertake 40 days of a rehabilitation activity.
She must pay £200 in compensation and £554 in costs and a surcharge.
A restraining order was imposed banning her from contacting the victim.
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