Model admits biting, scratching woman

A Dublin glamour model is to sentenced in June for assault after she admitted she jumped on a woman and then began to bite and scratch her.

Bridget Byrne, aged 26, who works under the name of Ava Van Rose, was ordered by Judge John Cheatle to appear again at Dublin District Court on June 13. He was given a victim impact statement on Monday and adjourned the case to allow for a pre-sentence probation report to be completed.

Byrne had pleaded guilty earlier to assault causing harm to Helen Guinan at a house at Wheatfield Avenue in Clondalkin, in Dublin, on October 20, 2013.