Cork woman who threw garden gnome at close friend's head avoids jail

Defence solicitor Eddie Burke said: 'She has lost a very good friend as a result of this.'

The court heard that without warning Laura Malone threw a pre-cast garden gnome at her friend striking her in the head. 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 been given a five-month suspended sentence.

Judge Marian O’Leary imposed the sentence on Laura Malone who pleaded guilty to the charge of assault causing harm to the woman who had been a friend of hers.