Bridgnorth mother 'tortured' man with hair-straighteners at Oswestry house

Thomas Mellor was left with burns and scars on his right arm after he was faced by three women in the incident more than a year ago.

He was struck with a bottle, punched and sprayed in the face with kitchen cleaner and was threatened with more violence.

Corinna Hanson was said to have "lost control" as she and the other two women assaulted the victim at Caer Road, Oswestry, in September last year.

At Shrewsbury Crown Court on Friday, 37-year-old Hanson was given a 16-month prison sentence, suspended for two years.

Judge Jim Tindal said Hanson had been "incredibly angry" when she confronted the victim.

"While the violence had not been planned you lost your temper and self control and were involved in branding Mr Mellor with the hair-straighteners," he said.

The court heard Hanson was acting under provocation because of the behaviour of Mr Mellor.

But Judge Tindal said that Hanson did not have the right to take matters into her own hands.

Hanson, of Sydney Cottage Drive, Bridgnorth, who had admitted a charge of assault causing actual bodily harm, must also complete a rehabilitation programme, 150 hours' unpaid work and pay £200 costs.

Kerri Edge, 34, and Charlotte Roberts, 42, both of Caer Road, had denied the same charge and were due to face trial earlier this week, but pleaded guilty to a charge of common assault.

Judge Tindal gave Roberts a conditional discharge for two years and Edge and conditional discharge for a year and both women must pay £200 costs.

The court heard that all three defendants spent several days in custody and had been on a monitored curfew for a year.

Mr Mellor had been drinking in Oswestry throughout September 12 last year and stayed at a friend's house overnight returning to his home in Bailey Street the next day.

Miss Samantha Powis, prosecuting, said that Edge, whom the victim knew well, had knocked the door and invited him to her home for a drink.

"It was just a ploy to get him to the house where Hanson was waiting and Roberts later arrived and he was asked about the previous night," she said.

He was then attacked by Hanson and punched by Roberts and was also assaulted by Edge before getting away.

Mr Ian Windridge, for Hanson, said his client was a single mother-of- three. She had not anticipated there being violence but had snapped and lost control and accepted she should not have done what she did.

Mr Paul Smith, for Edge, said his client had been a teaching assistant but lost her job and now worked at a KFC fast food restaurant.