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A woman punched a lover rival in the face while accusing her of sleeping with her boyfriend in an unprovoked attack.

Keely Hanlon spotted Samantha Armstrong outside a Londis in Gravesend in August last year and got out of a car, walked over to her and without warning, struck her in the eye.

The 43-year-old, who has had a problem with alcohol for more than 20 years, was later arrested and charged with assault by beating.

But when she failed to show up for a court appearance over the matter, she was then charged with failing to surrender to custody.

Hanlon, of St Patrick Gardens, Gravesend, admitted both offences when she appeared in court in July and at the time, a pre-sentencing report was ordered.

She returned to Medway Magistrates’ Court on October 9 to learn her fate when

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