Woman flung teen ‘around like a rag doll’ during assault

A teenage girl was swung by the hair and had her face smashed into a steel pole during an assault which a judge compared to being “flung around like a rag doll”.

The victim, a Leaving Certificate student at the time of the attack, will require continuing dental treatment, Mullingar Circuit Court heard yesterday.

Imposing a two-year suspended sentence on Elaine Greene, aged 24, Ashford, Monksland, Athlone, Judge Tony Hunt described her assault on a 17-year-old as disgusting and repulsive.