Cork woman admits throwing garden gnome at her close friend

The victim had to have six stitches to her lip and was left with an injury to her forehead

The court heard that Laura Malone threw a pre-cast garden gnome at the victim without warning. File picture: iStock

A garden gnome was thrown at a woman’s head when she responded to a call to her home at 3am, and now the culprit has confessed to the assault.

The case was listed for hearing at Cork District Court but Laura Malone pleaded guilty to the charge of assault causing harm to the woman who had been a friend of hers. The accused had been going through a bad time in her life at the time, defence solicitor Eddie Burke said.