Woman viciously stamped on teen girl's head during 'appalling' attack

PETTY ROW LED TO 'HORRIFIC' STREET BEATING

- By MARK NAYLOR [e-mail] @GTMarkNaylor

A DRUNKEN young woman viciously stamped on the head of a teenage girl after a petty argument turned nasty and led to a bad-tempered scuffle and a “horrific” street beating.

Leah Steven “went back for a second go” during the “appalling” stamping attack and a horrified woman who watched in shock as the violence quickly escalated feared at first that the victim had been killed, Hull Crown Court heard.

Steven, 20, of Wellington Road, Bridlington, admitted assaulting the girl, causing actual bodily harm, on July 4 last year.

Ashley Lambert-Jefferson, prosecuting, said that an argument broke out between Steven and a 16-year-old girl at about 8.20pm. Both of them had been drinking. There was a scuffle and the girl ended up on the ground in the street.

While the girl was on the ground, Steven stamped on her head and walked away, leaving the victim on the ground. Steven returned and stamped on her head for a second time.