Woman kicked dad in the face and threw a pie at him during drink-fuelled attack - she was 'sick of him having a go at her'

Claire Hindley, 38, has been jailed

A woman attacked her dad during a drink-fuelled row, kicking him with the face and throwing a pie at him.

Claire Hindley, 38, bit her father's arm seven weeks earlier, the day after her mother - his wife - died.

Now Hindley has been jailed for two years.

Manchester Crown Court heard she was living with her father in Wythenshawe at the time of the two incidents.

Prosecutors said that on September 13 last year, Hindley returned to her dad's home after she'd been out drinking.

She was being 'verbally aggressive', and, during an altercation, bit his arm as he held her down on the couch.

Hindley's dad, who is in his 60s has various health problems, didn't report the incident to the police at the time.

A mark from the bite was still visible seven weeks later.

"He continued to let the defendant stay at his home, to his cost," prosecutor Neil Fryman said.

"He thought he needed her to look after him."

Hindley's dad gave her £10 to buy lager for herself at around 7pm on October 31 last year.

She returned at about 10.30pm without the money - or alcohol.

Her dad said: "What happens to your brain when you get money? You just lose it."

Hindley said she was 'sick of him having a go at her'.

She left and returned at about 1am. She had been drinking, and her dad was drinking brandy.

He told his daughter she 'needed to behave herself' if she was to continue living at his home.

Hindley then 'went for him', grabbing and hitting him, causing him to fall.

She kicked him in the head, face and body and used the heel of her Dr Martens boots.

The vicim said he thought he was kicked about 10 to 15 times.

At one point, Hindley grabbed a 'small hammer' to try and hit him, but he took it off her.

She then picked up a sledgehammer and 'brought it down on his stomach', but he wasn't hurt as she couldn't lift it properly.

Hindley bit him on the hand, before throwing a pie at him from the microwave and leaving.

Her dad suffered various cuts and bruise and went to hospital. He was discharged with antibiotics.

When she was arrested, Hindley said: "What about what he's done to me?"

She initially claimed her father was lying and that he'd been the aggressor.

Defending, Estelle Parkhouse said Hindley was experiencing 'tremendous grief' at the time, following the death of her mother.

She also said Hindley's judgement was 'significant impaired because of her substance misuse'.

Ms Parkhouse said Hindley wants to change her life - and has used her time in prison positively.

A restraining order was imposed for five years, preventing her from going to her father's home.

It allows them to have contact on the phone, which the court was told the victim has consented to.

Sentencing, Judge Richard Mansell QC told Hindley: "Your father has clearly found this whole sorry episode very difficult.

"He has tried to do his best by you, notwithstanding the fact that you have problems with drink and violence.

"He has decided that he wants to maintain contact with you, but he does not want you attending at his home anymore."

Hindley, of Greatfield Road, Wythenshawe, pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm; and unlawful wounding.