A MCDONALD'S customer was left with a large gash to his head after he was struck with a high-heeled shoe in an unprovoked attack, a court heard.

Appearing at North East Wales Magistrates, Kay Marie Brown, 25, pleaded guilty to charges of assault and affray following the incident which took place at the Regent Street branch of McDonald's in Wrexham at around 1am on February 19, 2019.

Justin Espie, prosecuting, said police officers were alerted by CCTV operators to an "ongoing fight" in McDonald's involving five people, one of whom, Jordan Joseph had lost a lot of blood due to a gash to his head.

As the defendants had left the scene, the officers viewed the CCTV footage where they saw three men, including Mr Joseph, sitting in the restaurant where they were approached by Brown and another man, Luke Anthony Bednarek, who was also appearing in court alongside his partner and pleaded guilty to a charge of affray.

In the footage, which was shown to the court, Brown could be seen hitting Mr Joseph over the head with her high-heeled shoe before a fight broke out between the two parties. During the fight, Brown could be seen lifting up a safety cone and hitting one of the males as well as throwing numerous punches while Bednarek, 27, of Oxford Street, Wrexham, could also be seen throwing punches.

"She (Brown) has armed herself on multiple occasions, stamped and raised her knees to the face," said Mr Espie, who urged the bench to send both defendants to Crown Court.

Kathryn Jagger, defending Brown, of Oxford Street, Wrexham, said: "It's a massive, uphill battle to convince you to deal with her here, but she last appeared before the courts as a youth nine years ago and the victim is the only person to make a statement."

Ms Jagger explained that the fight had started because Ms Brown believed the men had been "sniggering" at her and added that her client suffers from various mental health difficulties.

"She is fully aware she needs to cope better with her anger issues and this has been a massive wake up call," said Ms Jagger, who added Brown was trying to cut down on her alcohol consumption and had started going to the gym.

Stephen Edwards, defending Bednarek, said his client did not arm himself with a weapon unlike his partner but admitted it was "an unpleasant affair that we would not have wished to witness".

Mr Edwards added: "The male's involvement is totally different to the female's involvement."

Chair of the bench, Penny Rodgers, said: "This is a serious incident and an unprovoked and sustained attack in a public place and we feel it is outside our sentencing powers."

Ms Rodgers asked for full probation reports to be carried out on both Brown and Bednarek and they were bailed to appear again at Mold Crown Court on August 15 with one condition not to approach Mr Joseph.