Woman with 217 previous convictions jailed for repeatedly punching two Cork shop workers

Accused took items from shelves, placed them in her bag without paying, refused to put them back and then punched workers with her fists, court heard

Accused has 217 previous convictions, including 11 for assault, one for assault causing harm, and 158 for theft, court told. Picture: Larry Cummins

A woman who assaulted two men working at a Spar shop by punching them repeatedly has been jailed for five months.

Judge Olann Kelleher made 34-year-old Margaret Deasy’s latest sentence consecutive to a nine-month sentence she was given in November for another incident where she smashed a bottle of whiskey on the floor of a supermarket where she was barred.