A TAUNTON woman with a history of assaulting people has been warned she could be back in court if she touches a drop of alcohol in the next four months.

Paige Marie Ford, 24, of Roman Road, was handed a community order containing a 120-day ban from drinking alcohol after admitting a number of offences at an appearance in Taunton Magistrates' Court.

She was ordered to pay £100 compensation to a victim she assaulted by beating in Exeter on December 11 last year.

She must also pay £50 compensation to an on-duty police sergeant she assaulted in Birmingham on February 19 this year. She received no separate penalty for being drunk and disorderly on the same date.

The community order was also imposed for being convicted of an offence while subject to a previous community order imposed for two counts of assault by beating and criminal damage to property.

Ford also breached a community order that had been imposed for being drunk in charge of a child and two counts of assaulting an emergency order.