Kingaroy woman Rebecca Bransby sentenced for violent attack on hotel manager

A regular work day took a violent turn for the worst when a woman pinned a fellow patron to the bar before turning on the manager throwing punches, ripping a shirt and gouging an eye.

A regular work day took a violent turn for an Ayr hotel manager when a Kingaroy woman started attacking a fellow patron before turning on the manager when he attempted to intervene.

The violent ordeal began when an intoxicated Rebecca Bransby, 26, started brawling with another guest at the Queens Hotel in Ayr last November.

The Kingaroy woman had the man pinned to the ground of the front bar when the hotel manager pulled her off him, holding her arms from behind as she attempted to throw punches at him, police prosecutor Sergeant Lisa Manns told the Kingaroy Magistrates Court.

She pulled free and gouged at the 41-year-old man’s left eye and punched him twice in the head before he and another staff member were able to restrain her and drag her struggling from the building.

As they pulled her outside she grabbed the victim’s work shirt and tore it.

The manager was left with a lingering headache for the rest of the day and a cut near his temple.

Bransby told the court she regrets hitting the manager, but claims the man she’d originally attacked had been walking around the pub “touching other women” before grabbing her.

She pleaded guilty to assault occasioning bodily harm, wilful damage of the shirt, and failing to appear in court.

The 26-year-old was fined $1500.