A WOMAN attacked the three occupants of a Ludlow house before hurling concrete slabs through the windows showering glass over a sofa where a toddler had been sitting.

Charlotte Cowley, 29, grabbed the throat of one woman and bit another in a rage said to have been caused by a mixture of alcohol and medication.

Magistrates at Telford were told that four double-glazed windows at the premises in Houseman Crescent, Ludlow, were smashed by the slabs thrown by the defendant.

The incident in March happened when the first victim was sitting at her home with her mother, aunt and her 21-month-old daughter.

At a hearing last week Cowley, a mother-of-two, was given a 12-month community order with supervision after pleading guilty to three offences of assault by beating and a charge of criminal damage.

In addition Cowley, of High Street, Pershore, was fined £50 and must pay £100 compensation to each of the victims, £500 for the repair of the windows and £250 towards court costs.

Mr Adam Warner, prosecuting, said that on the afternoon of March 27 the three women at the house, who cannot be named for legal reasons, were startled by loud banging.

When the door was opened Cowley lunged at the first woman, shouting about a man she wanted to speak to, and grabbed her by the throat.

As the victim's mother and aunt came to help they were also attacked by Cowley who got the victim’s mother by her collar and then bit her on the side of the head and started punching her.

The defendant then kicked the aunt in the rib cage before the three victims were able to get her out of the door.

Cowley began throwing concrete paving stones at a side window before going to the rear garden and hurling a belt sander through the kitchen window.

Mr Warner said that Cowley returned to the front of the house and hurled concrete slabs through the front windows, showering broken glass over a sofa, where moments earlier the first victim’s young daughter had been sitting.

The court heard that after her arrest it was discovered Cowley had drunk a bottle of vodka at the same time as taking medication.

Mr Mark Lister, for Cowley, said his client was of good character with no previous convictions and the incident occurred as a result of a reaction to her mixing alcohol with her prescribed medicines.

He said that at the time Cowley had only been living in the Ludlow area for a short period of time and had since moved to her new address in the Pershore area.