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Bristol Post
Bristol Post
National
Geoffrey Bennett

Alcoholic who has assaulted 10 emergency workers broke woman's hip at cash machine

When alcoholic Laura Pomicter demanded money from a woman at a Bristol ATM she was refused. And she pushed the woman over, breaking her hip.

Carol Wakefield, then 64 and a walking stick user, was withdrawing cash from the cashpoint at Morrisons in Fishponds before a shopping trip. Bristol Crown Court heard Laura Pomicter came up behind her and said "Give me some money".

When Ms Wakefield declined Pomicter swore at her before pushing her. The shove caused Ms Wakefield to fall to the ground, where the horrendous pain she felt turned out to be a broken hip.

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