Grandmother stabbed man with scissors during a clash between rivals

WOMAN LASHED OUT AFTER ONE OF MEN IN OTHER GROUP THREW HER TO GROUND

- By MARK NAYLOR [e-mail] @GTMarkNaylor

A DRUG-taking grandmother suddenly viciously stabbed a man with scissors after a nasty confrontation in the street between two rival groups of troublemakers quickly turned violent.

Rachael Shipley lashed out with the scissors after one of the men in the other group threw her to the ground. She also lunged with the scissors at a member of the public during the frightening disturbance, Hull Crown Court heard.

Shipley, 47, of Sefton Street, off Hessle Road, west Hull, but recently in custody on remand, admitted affray and possessing a blade on June 25 as well as threatening another person with a blade in a private place on June 26. She was also in breach of an 18-month suspended prison sentence imposed on September 25 last year.

Ben Hammersley, prosecuting, said that an incident broke out between two groups of people on Hessle Road at about 12.30pm. Shipley was brandishing a pair of scissors at members of the opposing group.