Woman boasted about attacking man she inflicted painful injury on
SHE SWUNG GARDEN TOOL AT HIS GROIN
A WOMAN left a childhood friend with a horrendous injury to his genitals by whacking him with a garden tool over a small debt.
Sly thug Corrina Mills distracted Russell Tierney then swung a garden tool at his groin, causing a painful and serious injury to his testicle.
The sensitive area was left swollen and bruised and Mr Tierney had to seek hospital treatment.
Meanwhile Mills, who claimed she was owed £48 by the victim, had boasted to a friend that she had “battered” him.
Now the 42-year-old, of Allendale Crescent, Shiremoor, North Tyneside, has been given a suspended prison sentence at Newcastle Crown Court.
Kevin Wardlaw, prosecuting, said she had originally been charged with attempted grievous bodily harm with intent but a guilty plea to assault occasioning actual bodily harm was accepted.
Mr Wardlaw told the court: “They had known each other as school friends. It appears the catalyst was a sum of £48 which Mr
Tierney owed the defendant.” The attack happened on December 13, 2019. The victim thought she had used a rusty axe on him but she pleaded guilty on the basis it was a trowel on a pole, used to plant flowers.
She lured him outside and distracted him by telling him to “look over there” then swung at him.
Mr Wardlaw said: “He blocked the blow but she swung again and struck him in the lower abdomen and testicle, causing injury.”
Mr Tierney later experienced a lot of pain and had to seek hospital treatment. In a victim impact statement, he said he was still in some discomfort and added: “I keep having flashbacks and a recurring dream she hit my head with an axe then I wake up with palpitations.
“I avoid sleep because of the dreams and I feel tired all of the time.
“I still have a lump on my left testicle, which I’m seeing a doctor about.”
Mr Wardlaw said that after the assault, Mills texted a friend saying she had just “battered Russell”.
Mills, who has three previous convictions, was sentenced to 13 months suspended for 18 months with a two month curfew, £250 compensation, rehabilitation and a five-year restraining order.
Recorder Andrew Latimer said: “From the pictures, it’s obvious he is someone who was going to be in a great deal of pain for some time.”
Barry Robson, for Mills, said: “She has known him since they were children.
“That’s not the Corrina Mills – the person who committed this act, that’s not who she is.”
Mr Robson added that she has been getting help, looks after her mother and will stay out of trouble.