An 'evil' mother-of-one who viciously battered another woman at a New Year party then sent a bragging text to a friend has been jailed for a year.
Gillian Walsh, 41, launched the assault on Julie Hampson after travelling ten miles to a flat in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, to see in 2019.
Miss Hampson - who lives in a women's shelter- was punched to the ground by Walsh and party host Molly Apsley and beaten in the bathroom.
Walsh then sent a text to Apsley, saying: 'Was you proud of me coming all that way to batter that bird?'
Gillian Walsh, 41, has been jailed for a year after viciously attacking another woman in a bathroom at a house party
Miss Hampson was left with bruising to her head, face and body plus scratched eyeballs, a cut lip and swelling to her face and a suspected fractured rib.
The distraught victim claims she took an overdose of painkillers following the attack.
In a statement, Miss Hampson accused the two women of having a 'capacity for evil' and said: 'I have suffered from anxiety for four years and this incident had left my anxiety much worse and I have had to have my medication increased.
Her accomplice Molly Apsley had invited them back to her home to see in 2019
'At the time I was having fear that someone would come back and do it again. I am not sleeping very well. I fear going out on my own. I am not eating properly due to the stress and anxiety.
'Physically, I have a lump on my ribs following the assault. I am still in pain and taking painkillers.
'I have felt scared to stay at the woman refuge. I took an overdose four weeks ago and I have moved to live outside of Ashton-under-Lyme where I feel safe.
'I can't work due to the high level of stress. If I ever saw them again I would be absolutely terrified. I am scared of the capacity for evil they can have. Molly was supposed to be my friend'.
Apsley (left) and Walsh (right) beat their victim senseless in the bathroom over a drunken comment
At Minshull Street Crown Court, Manchester, Walsh from Adswood, Stockport was jailed for 12 months after she pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
Apsley of Ashton-under-Lyne faced up to six months jail after admitting common assault but was freed with a 12 month community order after the court heard she was heavily pregnant with her first child.
