A WOMAN has been ordered to abstain from drinking alcohol by the courts for several months after assaulting two women at a Poole pub.

Natasha Helen Colbourne was accused of carrying out the offences at the Victoria Cross in Ashley Road, Parkstone, on May 22 last year.

Colbourne, aged 38, appeared at Poole Magistrates’ Court for sentencing on January 18 having previously pleaded guilty to two counts of assault by beating.

The defendant, whose address was given as Arne Avenue, Poole, was handed a six-month community order, which included a 120-day alcohol abstinence requirement.

She was also required to pay £75 compensation to each victim, as well as a £95 surcharge and £85 costs.