Nikita Hand 'will always be a marked woman because she stood up to Conor McGregor'

Nikita Hand (centre) with her partner and family members leaving the High Court in Dublin on Friday after the personal injury case against Conor McGregor. The jury awarded her a total of €248,603.60 in damages. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA

Nikita Hand’s life changed in December 2018.

Since then, she hasn’t held down a job as a hairdresser for very long, as she has suffered from anxiety and panic attacks in the workplace. She had to move out of her home in Drimnagh. Her mortgage is now in arrears.