Anna Kopel (41) of Aberfoyle Terrace in Derry admitted three charges of assault that took place in the A&E department on January 3 this year. The court heard that police were called to the hospital to a report that an intoxicated female had assaulted a patient. When they arrived, the complainant told them that she was 17 weeks pregnant and was in A&E when a woman, the defendant, pushed her and then punched her in the ribs 'three or four times'. A second person then told police that a drunk... Read this story
