Model ‘scratched woman’s face in self-defence’

A 25-year-old glamour model is claiming she acted in self-defence when she allegedly scratched another woman’s face and bit her hand during a fight.

Dubliner Bridget Byrne, who works under the name of Ava Van Rose, will go on trial later this year, a judge ordered yesterday.

The mother-of-two, who also starred in the short-lived reality show Infectious, appeared at Dublin District Court where she faces a single charge of assault causing harm.