A Narberth woman flew into a rage and assaulted teenage girls who joked their underwear had been left at her boyfriend’s flat.

Helen Samantha Jones, of High Street, pleaded guilty to two charges of assault by beating when she appeared before Haverfordwest magistrates on Tuesday, October 16.

Abul Hussain, prosecuting, said the 19 year-old victims were drinking in a Narberth beer garden on September 30 when Jones approached them in an aggressive manner and asked: “Who was it?”

“She picked up a glass and poured the contents over the victims, she also threw the glass, narrowly missing one victim’s head, and had to be restrained.”

Jones, 29, broke free as she was being taken away and threw punches at the teens, making contact with one of their heads and missing the other girl’s face, but no visible injuries were suffered.

Mr Hussain added that the complainant who had been punched suffered soreness and discomfort and was left shaken by the incident.

Jonathan Webb, defending, said Jones, who was previously of clean character, had been provoked.

He told the court that the teenagers had been drinking in the town all day and were in the beer garden with a man who telephoned Jones’ fiancé.

“During the call one of these young ladies took the phone and spoke to this lady’s fiancé. She thought it would be funny to say words to the effect that she had left her underwear and jogging bottoms at his flat.”

Jones was sitting next to her fiancé listening to the call on speaker-phone, as the girls laughed and joked.

“My client saw red, or rather green with jealousy. She lost her temper and went down to the pub to speak to the two girls.

“In a fit of rage she threw the liquid and threw the glass, which went between them. She knew that the glass would not hit them. She was grabbed by her fiancé and lashed out.

“It was a brief, unsavoury and unpleasant incident, she accepts that. She has never been in trouble of this sort before in her life.”

Magistrates ordered Jones to pay a total of £135 made up of a fine, costs and a surcharge.

The chairman of the bench said: “You were provoked, but it still does not give you the right to go down there and sort someone out.”