S.Africa woman gets house arrest for shoe attack

A South African woman has been placed under house arrest after she was found guilty of assaulting another woman with a high-heeled shoe at a nightclub over a missing bracelet, media reported Friday.

Saturday, March 10, 2012

A South African woman has been placed under house arrest after she was found guilty of assaulting another woman with a high-heeled shoe at a nightclub over a missing bracelet, media reported Friday.The Pretoria District Court found Meryl Lotriet, 23, guilty of assault with intent to cause serious bodily harm and sentenced her to 18-months of house arrest, for attacking Nelly Dean, 41, in 2010, according to the Beeld newspaper.Lotriet squirted pepper spray on Dean’s face, before she lunged at her with a shoe. A doctor’s reports showed that Dean suffered deep cuts on her chest and abdomen one of which was 8cm long.The court also slapped Lotriet with a year in prison, suspended for five years, and told her to do 16-hours of community service a month, for the next two years.