Flowerpot thrown in fight over Facebook claims

A woman felt that she was being blamed through Facebook messages for the break-up of another woman’s relationship; when she called to the woman’s home to discuss it, a fight broke out and a flowerpot was thrown.

Samantha Murphy, of Carrigbeg apartments, Sundays Well Rd, Cork, denied assaulting Leona Hayes at her home at Ardcullen, Hollyhill, Cork, on June 8, 2015.

After hearing disputed evidence about who started the fight, Judge Con O’Leary convicted Murphy of assaulting Ms Hayes. He said a jail sentence was probable but asked for a probation report in advance of sentencing in a month’s time.