TWO women who bludgeoned a man with a hammer during a revenge attack at Horseshoe Common have been jailed.

Horace Reid was “lured” out by Kelly Bignell and Michaela Kelly on May 30 2015, shortly after he was released on police bail.

The two battered him with the weapon around three weeks after Kelly, 35, made allegations that Mr Reid had committed an offence against her.

Mr Reid was never charged in connection with the allegation.

Prosecuting at Bournemouth Crown Court, Rob Griffiths said: “Mr Reid was at home when he got a phone call from Ms Bignell at 8.30pm.

“She invited him to meet her at Horseshoe Common because she wanted to go for a drink.”

Upon his arrival, Mr Reid saw Bignell, of Old Christchurch Road in Bournemouth, with a man he didn’t know, the court was told.

Bignell then tried to kiss Mr Reid and suggested the two have sex in the bushes, but he told her to back off, the court heard.

As the victim tried to leave, Bignell grabbed him and he saw Kelly sprinting towards him brandishing a hammer.

Kelly, 43, then jumped on Mr Reid and began to batter him with the weapon before dropping it and using her fists.

The court heard that Bignell then picked up the hammer and hit the victim with it, although the defendant denied using the weapon.

It is alleged that the man, who has not been identified, also threatened to stab Mr Reid during the attack.

Mr Reid was not seriously injured during the assault.

Nick Robinson said Kelly, of Belben Road in Poole, had believed a “real” offence had been committed against her, which had left her “traumatised”.

“This defendant had a reason to do what she did,” he said.

“This was planning with a small ‘p’. [Mr Reid] was released [from police custody] that day, [Kelly] found out and spontaneously planned this in the middle of an emotional storm.”

Kelly, who has 11 GCSEs and three A-levels, had hoped to become a nurse, he said.

“Her parents got her on class A drugs at the age of 13,” he said.

“It is a demon that has constantly punctuated her life.”

Mitigating for Bignell, Robert Grey said: “This was not her argument.

“There was no revenge element as far as she was concerned.”

He said Bignell had instead “lent herself” to the row between Kelly and Mr Reid.

“It was not Ms Bignell who brought the weapon,” Mr Grey said.

“She was not the first to use the hammer.”

Bignell and Kelly were initially charged with robbery and possession of an offensive weapon, which they denied.

Both eventually admitted a lesser charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm after failing to turn up for a trial.

Judge Peter Crabtree OBE said he found that the attack against Mr Reid had been “premeditated” and acted out as “revenge” for the allegations made by Kelly.

However, he accepted that Kelly had been in “turmoil” at the time the assault was carried out.

Kelly was sentenced to 11 months in prison. Bignell, who has 42 convictions for 106 offences, including battery, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and racial harassment. was sentenced to 16 months in prison.