DONNA LINDA MALLOY, aged 30 and of Sheridan Terrace, Hove, Brighton, admits assaulting a person by beating her in Bingham Close, Verwood on January 1. Committed to prison for eight weeks suspended for 12 months. Defendant must comply with rehabilitation requirement for a maximum of 30 days. To pay compensation of £115. Also admits threatening violence for the purpose of securing entry into premises. Committed to prison for four weeks consecutive. Also admits having in her possession a quantity of cannabis at Bournemouth police station. No separate penalty. Cannabis to be forfeited and destroyed.

IRENE DYER, aged 76 and of Corfe Castle, Wareham, admits dishonestly failing to disclose to Purbeck District Council that she was in receipt of earnings from employment, intending by that failure to make a gain, namely the payment of housing benefit between March 16 2015 and April 11 2016. Discharged conditionally for two years. To pay a victim surcharge of £30, to pay costs of £85. Also admits dishonestly making a statement on January 20 2015 to the Department for Work and Pensions which was false, namely that she wasn’t working when she was employed at the time. Discharged conditionally for two years.

ALISON SIWEK, aged 49 and of Orchard Street, Blandford, admits dishonestly failing to notify the Department for Work and Pensions of a change in circumstances which she knew would affect her entitlement to personal independence payment, namely that her capabilities had improved, on dates between May 20 2015 and January 25 2017. Community order made. The defendant must carry out 150 hours of unpaid work within the next 12 months. To pay a victim surcharge of £85, to pay costs of £85.