Gilligan, Cox, and Hirst were told by in court: "You are supposed to be mature, responsible women with families." (Image: Nicola Cox/ Cavendish Press (Manchester) Ltd)"She then got involved for her own self defence to get the lady off her. "The situation deteriorated and she admits to trying to pull one of the victims off the top of Nicola Cox. (Image: Leanne Gilligan/ Cavendish Press (Manchester) Ltd)"The trigger to the events was the three victims laughing at her after that everything escalated quite quickly. "She did get involved generally to assist Nicola Cox who received some injuries from that scuffle but she saw red."

Source: Daily Mirror February 07, 2020 09:22 UTC