A WOMAN has been handed a conditional discharge after assaulting two people in Bishop's Waltham.

Tracey Edwards, of no fixed abode, attacked them on Thursday, June 22 last year, a court heard.

Edwards, 41, pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer Michael Preston, but not guilty to attacking another man, Anthony Apicella.

She was found guilty of the assault by beating charge on Mr Apicella after a trial at Southampton Magistrates Court on Monday, September 25 and sentenced on Tuesday, May 21. 

For both offences, Edwards was given an 18-month conditional discharge. She must also pay a victim surcharge of £26 by June 18.