North Entrance: Security guards Donna Ann Knight and Chantal Lunardon escape conviction for ‘unedifying’ fight

Two ageing female security guards threw hands before taking the “unedifying” scrap to the ground of their Central Coast backyard where they had to be pried apart, a court has heard.

Chantal Ellen Lunardon, 57, (left) and Donna Ann Knight, 59, both of North Entrance, were put on good behaviour bonds without conviction after they got into an ugly fist fight. Picture: Facebook

Two housemates, both long-time security guards, became involved in a violent punch-on when one confronted the other about talking ill of her “noisy” daughter, a court has heard.

Donna Ann Knight, 59, and Chantal Ellen Lunardon, 57, faced Wyong Local Court on Wednesday where they both pleaded guilty to one count of affray.

Their offences were found proven but Magistrate Robert Munro put them both on good behaviour bonds without proceeding to a conviction.

An agreed set of facts states the pair had been friends for 30 years and were sharing a house on Hutton Rd, The Entrance North, where Knight lived downstairs and Lunardon lived upstairs with her adult daughter.

The facts state Lunardon’s daughter was having personal issues which was causing noise at night.

Chantal Ellen Lunardon, 57, of The Entrance North. Picture: Facebook

On the evening of February 26, Knight was drinking downstairs with a male friend, while Lunardon was drinking upstairs.

“The co-accused (Lunardon) overheard the accused (Knight) and her friend speaking ill about her daughter and walked downstairs standing in the front yard of the accused’s open garage,” the facts state.

Donna Ann Knight, 59, of The Entrance North, leaving Wyong Local Court. Picture: NewsLocal

“ (Lunardon) confronted (Knight). The pair had a conversation about the issues regarding her daughter which became physically confrontational. The co-accused (Lunardon) claims that the accused (Knight) punched her in the eye first and (Knight) claimed that (Lunardon) struck her in the head first.”

The court heard Knight’s male friend separated the pair before Knight walked back through her garage goading Lunardon “you wanna go?”.

Lunardon followed her through the garage into the backyard where they started scrapping again before the fight went “to the ground as both women rolled around wrestling with each other”.

Knight’s friend had to pry the women apart again as Lunardon’s daughter, who wasn’t accused of any wrongdoing, came down and took her mum upstairs.

“(Knight) fared better in the physical altercation only receiving minor bruises to her head,” the facts state.

“She also had a ripped shirt. (Lunardon) had a laceration above her left eyebrow, which was swollen.”

The facts state police were called and the women had “extremely different versions but both agree that a physical altercation did occur”.

The court heard both women had long and respected careers in private security.

Magistrate Mr Munro described the incident as “rather unedifying” for both women who embarrassed themselves.

However he acknowledged their early guilty pleas and otherwise good standing in the community before placing both women on 12-month good behaviour bonds without convictions.