WOMAN threw a punch at a doorman and ended up knocking herself out by ‘face-planting’ the floor

Donna Edwards, of Bodlyn in Plas Madoc, appeared at Wrexham Magistrates Court on Monday.

The 38-year-old admitted that on March 31 at Wrexham, she used threatening or abusive words or behaviour.

Prosecutor Justin Espie told the court that just after midnight on the day of the offence, Edwards got involved in an altercation with door staff at the Penny Black in Abbot Street.

She was told to leave and did do for a time, but then returned and swung a punch at a doorman.

Ceri Lewis, defending, conceded her client had been intoxicated at the time and told the court: “She’s thoroughly embarrassed and ashamed of her actions.

“She’d been ejected [from the Penny Black] and she had no idea why.

“She went towards a taxi office and realised she didn’t have her phone, bag or purse, so she tried to get back in.

“But she was pushed away and lost her temper.

“She swung [a punch] which thankfully didn’t connect, and then ‘face-planted’ the floor, rendering herself unconscious for a few minutes.

“Her concern was getting her personal items.”

Ms Lewis explained that when the offence was committed, Edwards had been nearing the end of a conditional discharge for being drunk and disorderly.

“She acknowledges she has had a problem with alcohol for the last 18 months to two years,” she continued.

“She now has a job which she didn’t have previously – working in Oswestry for an agency.”

Nicholas Colbourne, chair of the Magistrates, told Edwards: “[That was a] bit of a daft thing to do, wasn’t it?

“It’s time to grow up – not start fighting with doormen.”

The court handed the defendant an £80 fine and ordered her to pay a £32 victim surcharge, as well as £85 costs.