NHS worker set to lose job after kicking woman down stairs

SEMI-PRO FOOTBALLER LAUNCHED ATTACK AT BAR

- By ANDREW BARDSLEY

A SEMIPROFESSIONAL footballer who left a woman seriously hurt after kicking her down the stairs of a bar is set to lose her NHS job.

Lois Greenwood launched an 'extremely forceful kick' at Chloe Finnigan after a row between their friends groups exploded.

The pair were both in the Barclay in Royton town centre. Earlier in the evening, a stool had been thrown, which 'brushed' Ms Finnigan.

It was said to have been thrown by a member of Greenwood's group, Manchester's Minshull Street Crown Court heard.

Ms Finnigan suffered a fractured kneecap when the kick caused her to fall down the stairs as she tried to leave.

Greenwood, 25, a semiprofessional footballer who held a 'responsible job' in the NHS, was hauled before the courts and handed a suspended prison sentence. The court heard she is set to lose her job.

Prosecuting, Lisa Boocock said Ms Finnigan was out with friends to celebrate a birthday at the Barclay in Royton, Oldham, on November 18, 2023. She said that 'for reasons unknown, a man in Greenwood's group threw a stool which 'brushed' Ms Finnigan.