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Ok sorry, I don't know what happened there it missed my big speech. Urgh.
So anyway - my "friend" came to my house for a girly night + everything was going great until she just suddenly had a freak out. She threatend to kill me, my children + husband, my friend and then herself, then started attacking (biting) my other friend. I grabbed her in the attempt to try and get her out of my house, but she kicked me on the inside of my ankle and I went crashing onto my kitchen floor. Thankfully my husband and friend managed to get her out of the house, but she then went to my neighbours and smashed their stained glass window. Someone called the police and they put her in the back of the car, she jumped out, she did this several times until another friend turned up + offered to take her home. No charges were made and no crime reference number was given. BUT - I went to hospital next day to find she had broken my ankle + fibula, I had to spend 4 days in hospital as I needed surgery to my ankle to insert screws. When I got out of hospital I rang the police to get a crime reference number as my husband wanted me to claim compensation from the CICA. To my shock they arrested my now ex-friend and have since charged her with GBH. Never in a million years did I think this would happen, I was angry and yes felt she should be punished but I feel terrible that it such a severe charge (call me naive but I am truley shocked). So really I would appreciate any advise on what might happen to her, she was a perfectly upstanding member of the community, never been in any trouble before, held a very responsible job, and blames the entire night on alcohol + says she doesn't remember anything at all. She has also been to my neighbours since and paid them to have their window fixed.
Thank you.