A WOMAN from Wrexham who attacked her elderly step-dad has avoided custody.

Kimberley Goodlet, 47, was told she was being given a chance.

Mold Crown Court heard Goodlet, of Trevenna Way, had admitted at an earlier court hearing that she assaulted Royston Butler, 74,

Barrister Brian Treadwell, prosecuting, told how the victim had been punched and kicked a number of times.

Skin on his arms "had been degloved" - had come off - in places.

He had injuries to the abdomen and he had an injury to the eye.

She made 'no comment' in interview and the victim had later retracted his statement of complaint.

A friend told how he had been called to his home and found Mr Butler had been subjected to a violent and sustained assault and had been punched multiple times.

He had received a call to say that Mr Butler needed help and when he arrived he could not believe what he saw.

The incident had made the victim more nervous day to day, he said.

The prosecutor confirmed that Goodlet and the victim "were not in each other's lives at the moment".

The court heard Goodlet had medical issues which he also took into account.

Judge Niclas Parry said he had read letters which told him there had been complications with her prescription drugs and how that could have affected her.

But he told her: "It is all about the drink and not taking your medication as you should.

"What happened was in that condition you carried out a sustained attack on a very vulnerable man."

Such an attack would normally attract a prison sentence but he said her victim thought a lot of her and he "even says the same now".

She had no convictions at the time and it was clear she had acted entirely out of character.

"I am prepared to give you a chance because people are prepared to help you," said Judge Parry.

He placed her on a 12 month community order with rehabilitation and told her that if she did not comply then she would be returned to court "where you will have a different sentence".

The court heard that she had medical issues which he also took into account.

Defence barrister Nicholas Williams did not mitigate when the judge indicated the sentence he had in mind.