Rouge Indeah Monet and Amy Scarlett Battison face Warwick court for post-funeral bust up

Two women have faced court over a post-funeral fracas, in which the pair engaged in the ‘poor’ abuse of a patron at a wake, with the whole ordeal captured on CCTV.

This pair were busted after an altercation at the wake of a well-known publican

A pair of promising women have ended up in court after an mournful event quickly turned into a “highly disrespectful” fracas.

Rouge Indeah Monet, 22, and Amy Scarlett Battison, 29, each pleaded guilty to one charge of public nuisance in a licenced premise when they appeared in Warwick Magistrates Court on Wednesday, September 20.

Rouge Indeah Monet outside Warwick Magistrates Court on September 20, 2023

Police prosecutor Sergeant Steve de Lissa formally downgraded the charges from assault occasioning bodily harm.

The court was told the duo were at O’Shanley’s Irish Hotel in Clifton attending the wake of a publican on July 15, 2022, before a confrontation broke out.

Monet, a real estate worker, and Battison, a software executive, both knew the victim and they had all attended the wake.

Rouge Indeah Monet and Amy Scarlett Battison plead guilty to public nuisance offence after an altercation at a Downs’ pub

The pair were at the hotel when the court was told the victim approached them at around 9pm, after they had “all been consuming alcohol”.

Sergeant de Lissa said the agitator made some “nasty remarks” before the pair engaged in a “verbal altercation”, both firing back.

The court was told CCTV captured the moment the war of words spiralled into a full-on fracas, with the parties engaging in pushing and shoving.

Rouge Indeah Monet and Amy Scarlett Battison plead guilty to public nuisance offence after an altercation at a Downs’ pub

The pair were nabbed by police on November 8, 2022 and spoken to about the incident, confirming their involvement.

Defence lawyer Sarah Campbell told the court the pair were “both remorseful for being involved” and labelled the offending as “out of character”.

One of the woman said she was “deeply embarrassed and wished it had never happened”.

Amy Scarlett Battison confronted a man during a wake held at a southwest pub

Magistrate Virginia Sturgess said the offending was definitely out of character, and quality references for the pair showed they were of good character, as well as an early plea of guilty showing remorse.

“This was a wake and people were mourning. It was highly disrespectful to be subjected to this verbal abuse and poor behaviour,” Ms Sturgess said.

Monet and Battison were both fined $500 for the ordeal.

No convictions were recorded for either.