A woman who attacked her mother has been sentenced to 200 hours community service.

Tara Maria McMillan, of Slieu Whallian Park, St John’s, punched her mother causing one of her eyes to almost close.

The 41-year-old admitted an offence of assault causing actual bodily harm and was also ordered by magistrates to pay her mother £300 compensation.

McMillan was also banned from entering licensed premises and buying or being sold alcohol for 12 months.

We previously reported that police were called to an address in Head Road in Douglas on November 5 at 12.45am.

McMillan answered the door and was said to have appeared drunk.

When asked if anyone else was at the property she told police: ’She’s up there.’

Police found McMillan’s mother suffering from bruising to her face, nose and chin, and with one of her eyes almost closed.

She told police that McMillan had punched her several times in the face during an unprovoked attack.

McMillan was arrested and said: ’I actually didn’t touch my mother so how am I getting arrested?’

She was then said to have said: ’I will kill my mother tomorrow.’

When interviewed, McMillan said her mother had invited her to come to the property and that they had been in good spirits.

But she said that her mother had then called her a ’selfish bitch’ which had prompted McMillan to hit her several times to the back of the neck.

She said she had also slapped her once on the cheek and she had fallen to the floor but said she could not recall any comments she had made.

Defence advocate Paul Glover said that McMillan had suffered difficulties with alcohol in recent years and had worked with Motiv8, the addiction charity.

’She has found herself in this situation due to being highly intoxicated,’ said the advocate.

A probation report recommended community service and assessed McMillan as a medium risk of reoffending and of harm to others.

Mr Glover told the bench: ’It’s my submission that may drop to a lower level if she addresses her relationship with alcohol.’

Chair of the magistrates David Craine told McMillan: ’You came very close to custody but we will follow the recommendation of the probation report.’

Magistrates also ordered McMillan to pay £125 prosecution costs, which she will pay along with the compensation, at a rate of £10 per week.