Friend is let off with £780 fine after plea bargain deal
happy with the way this case has been resolved and Sydney is very happy obviously not to be going to prison.
“A fine is the lowest punishment she could have got and, if this had gone to a full trial, she would have been looking at a possible three-year prison sentence if convicted.” Irvine-born Sarah, who was serving in the Royal Logistics Corps when she was injured, triggered the early release of Cole from prison following her April 2019 arrest and preventative remand in custody after telling police and court officials she did not want to press charges.
Prosecutors decided to continue trying to build a case against the accused woman after witnesses told police the attacker threw a glass directly at Sarah’s neck during a row at Magaluf ’s Banana’s nightclub following an all- day drinking session.
Cole insisted after her arrest that her pal was hurt in an accident when she threw the glass on the floor during a fight with her and shards from it hit Sarah in the neck.
The pair were sharing a hotel room with another squaddie friend cal led Deborah Ferguson.
Sarah spent more than 24 hours in intensive care in Majorca and three days on a general ward before being discharged.
Court officials confirmed at the time Cole was being investigated by a court in the Majorcan capital Palma on suspicion of wounding her friend with a dangerous weapon. Prosecutors ended up confirming they were seeking a three-year prison sentence over the April 15, 2019, incident.
A fine is the lowest punishment she could have got