Pregnant woman avoids jail for stiletto heel attack

A pregnant Dublin woman who assaulted two brothers with the heel of her stiletto shoe has avoided a jail term.

Zoe Thompson, aged 21, of Kilclare Drive, Tallaght, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to two counts of assault causing harm to Aidan and Colm Brown at the Abberley Hotel, Tallaght, on April 15, 2013.

Judge Desmond Hogan imposed a three-year sentence on both counts, suspending them in their entirety.

Judge Hogan said it was a serious, ill-tempered assault, but noted Thompson’s co-operation and said there was no reason to believe that her remorse was not genuine.

A letter from a doctor was handed into the court and Thompson’s defence said she had pregnancy complications.

The court heard Thompson had €2,000 as a gesture of remorse and the judge ordered that it be split between the two victims.

Garda Alan Young told the court that

Thompson intervened in an altercation and hit one victim on his forehead with the stiletto heel. He later received seven surgical staples to his head.

The victim’s brother came over to break up the fight and Thompson hit him from behind with the shoe heel.

This man later received five surgical staples to the back of his head.