Drunken woman who smashed up a bike with an axe on Cannock estate avoids jail
A 54-year-old woman who went berserk with an axe on a Cannock housing estate has avoided jail.
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Joanna Battison drunk seven cans of Fosters lager on July 2, last year, before taking an axe to a bike on Cannock Road, Chadsmoor, mistakenly believing it was another man's property.
When neighbours tried to stop her attacking the bike, she waved the axe at them before being restrained by one of the residents.
When arrested Battison told police she "was tipsy but not blackout drunk" and admitted she had mistaken the bike believing it belonged to someone else.
Prosecuting, Miss Alura Bather said: "The bike's owner had left in a private car park on Cannock Road, Chadsmoor, at 5.30pm. At 8.20pm his son rang him and told him his bike was being attacked by the defendant.
