A Whangarei woman who assaulted a woman who was pregnant by her husband has been discharged without conviction, with the sentencing judge saying a conviction would far outweigh the gravity of the offending and would rob the community and the education system of a good teacher.
Terynne Whitney Mills-Barber Dunn, 28, was up for sentencing in Whangarei District Court yesterday after pleading guilty to a charge of assault on a woman.
Dunn admitted kicking a woman who was pregnant by her estranged husband Warren Dunn twice in the face at a junior rugby match.
The violence erupted when Dunn was talking to Mr Dunn, and the pair was joined by the woman Mr Dunn had made pregnant. The woman was 14 weeks pregnant at the time.
Dunn was charged with injuring with intent to injure and an alternative charge of assault with intent to injure, at Kensington Park on May 11, 2013, but those charges were amended during the first day of her trial and Dunn then admitted a charge of common assault.