A WOMAN who carried out an "unsavoury and ugly" attack in the toilets of a Bradford nightclub has narrowly avoided being sent to jail.

Emma Hindle landed a blow that knocked a woman to the floor, before stamping on her wrist up to five times and leaving her needing hospital treatment.

The attack happened at NV nightclub in Great Horton Road on April 21 last year.

Judge David Hatton QC said to Hindle: "You are 22-years-old. On April 21 of last year, for reasons which are very difficult to understand, you got yourself involved in a disgraceful display of violence while you were clearly drunk."

He added: "You have expressed your remorse and, from what I have read, it seems to be genuine."

Hindle, of Lister Avenue, East Bowling, had pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

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At Bradford Crown Court today she was given a five-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, a medium level activity requirement of 30 days, and a three-month curfew between 9.30pm and 6am.

Prosecutor Jon Gregg said Hindle and a friend had been enjoying a night out in Bradford city centre prior to the attack. He said another pair of girls - including the victim - were also out, separately, in the city.

Mr Gregg said the four girls were known to each other and all ended up in NV.

Mr Gregg said an altercation took place in the toilets where Hindle delivered a blow to the head of her victim, knocking her to the floor. He added that Hindle was then "stamping down on her wrist up to five times".

The victim required hospital treatment and had a full cast put on her lower arm, with doctors fearing her wrist was fractured.

Mr Gregg said doctors eventually realised there had been no fracture, but added that the victim still suffered pain in the joint - particularly in colder weather.

The court heard that the victim had to take nine weeks off work following the assault, was unable to sleep, lost weight and was anxious about going outside.

Mr Gregg said: "She is nervous about going out and socialising as a result of the attack upon her. She is reluctant to speak or fraternise with people she does not know."

Hindle had no previous convictions, said Mr Gregg, but was cautioned in 2008 for battery.

Anne-Marie Hutton, mitigating, said: "It is accepted that this is an unsavoury and ugly incident."

She added that Hindle had shown remorse for what she had done, and said: "She is a young girl who was behaving in a particularly immature fashion on the night in question."