Colchester woman assaulted her own mother for calling 111

Louise Crosier, 26, attacked Karen Crosier after she spoke to a relative about the defendant’s mental health.

Colchester Magistrates’ Court heard that police were called out at 1am on January 23 after reports of the assault and arrested Crosier at the scene.

Serena Berry, prosecuting, said Crosier had a history of attacking her mother and had received a suspended sentence in 2020 for multiple counts of battery.

She said: “Karen Crosier reported her daughter had assaulted her by punching her in the arm and kicking her in the legs.

“She had been at the defendant’s address earlier in the day. The defendant returned to the victim’s address and started getting argumentative.

“The defendant doesn’t like the victim being on the phone around her and thinks she is talking about her.”

The court heard Mrs Crosier called 111 about her daughter’s mental state which prompted her daughter to assault her and tell her not to give out any details about her.

When Crosier was arrested, she admitted to the police she had attacked her mother and later admitted one charge of assault by beating.

Ms Berry continued: “The defendant was convicted of battery in 2020, 2022, and 2024.

“She has five convictions for offences against the person, and the defendant received a suspended sentence in 2020 for multiple counts of battery which were against her mother.”

Coral Fitzgerald, mitigating, said the situation was “a really sad set of affairs”, and that Mrs Crosier did not support her daughter being prosecuted.

She said: “The defendant’s first words out of her mouth to me were, ‘I need your help – can you help me?’

“She is compliant with medication and is currently receiving injections to regulate her mood.”

She continued: “Between a friend and her parents, that is pretty much the entirety of her support network – it is hardly surprising that mother is the person that receives the difficult behaviour when the emotional regulation is not as it should be.”

Magistrates sentenced Crosier, of Moores Lane, Kelvedon, to a one-year community order which will involve 30 rehabilitation days to address her anger management problems.

She was also ordered to pay £279 in costs and fines.

Bench chair Gavin Cowell said: “You realise, if this goes wrong again, you will be back here and you could be going through that door – take all the help you can get today.”