A WOMAN kicked her daughter five or six times to the head in a “particularly nasty” assault, a court heard.

She cried in the dock when she was given a five year restraining order preventing her from having any contact with her daughter.

Paula Michelle Roberts, 50, of Chirbury, was convicted after trial of assaulting Stacey Jones in Welshpool on October 16, 2018.

She appeared before Welshpool Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday for sentencing.

Helen Tench, prosecuting, said: “This case has a domestic background. The victim is the defendant’s daughter.”

Roberts went to her daughter’s house and as soon as the door opened, “pulled her head downwards” by pulling her hair, the court heard.

She was then kicked to the head several times, the court heard.

The victim was left with a graze on her forehead, Ms Tench said.

Ms Jones used her mobile to film her mother leaving. Roberts put her finger up to her and said “this is only the beginning,” the court heard.

A friend of Ms Jones witnessed the incident. She said that Roberts had kicked the victim “five or six times” and that “her head went upwards with each kick”, magistrates heard.

The friend also heard Roberts say “this is only the beginning”, the prosecution told the court.

Ms Tench said the defendant had put forward that she acted in self defence and denied kicking her in the head.

Owain Jones, defending, said: “In the end it was the friend who the magistrates decided was credible.”

Mr Jones said it was not the defendant’s intention to confront her daughter.

“It’s not accepted she acted with self defence, but she acted with impulse in doing what she did to the victim,” the defence told magistrates.

Ms Jones said that she did have a good relationship with her mother until June 2018. She did not see her mother again until the assault took place in October, magistrates heard.

The assault left her scared and upset, the court heard.

She missed two appointments at work as a result of the incident, Ms Tench told the court.

Chair of the bench, Nick Powell, said the assault was “particularly nasty”.

Roberts was given a 12 month community order with 35 rehabilitation activity days.

Mr Powell added this was “quite significant” and “seems to fit the bill”.

She was also ordered to pay £905, which does not include compensation to the victim as magistrates felt it would exacerbate the situation between the mother and daughter.

Roberts was also given a five year restraining order not to contact Stacey Jones directly or indirectly and not to attend her address.

The defendant sobbed loudly and called out from the dock.