No jail for 'mortally ashamed' beauty therapist who attacked mother of ex amid break-up

The victim told the court that  she didn't wish for the woman to be jailed

Edel Lovett - who had pulled the 65-year-old victim to the ground, pulled hair from her head, punched her and kicked her in the chest - leaving the Criminal Courts of Justice in Dublin today. Photo: Collins

A “heartbroken” beauty therapist who attacked the mother of her ex-partner during a difficult break-up for her has been given a suspended prison term.

Edel Lovett (aged 33) pulled the 65-year-old victim to the ground, pulled hair from her head, punched her and kicked her in the chest. Lovett had gone to the woman's home to confront her former partner who lived there but instead she met the man's mother.