Headmistress was dragged by her hair, punched and kicked

The headmistress who was assaulted in a Vittoriosa school on Tuesday was dragged to the floor by her hair and punched and kicked, the Malta Union of Teachers disclosed on Thursday. The aggressor, a grandmother, was fined €4,000 by a court and handed a six-month suspended jail term. The MUT said it was giving an account of what happened now that the case had been decided.  Read: Grandmother fined €4,000 for assaulting head of school It said that about 10am on Tuesday, headmistress Lorna Schembri was on the phone when she saw a woman waiting outside her office and directed an assistant head to see her. The woman entered her office, declared she was the grandmother of a pupil at the school, and insisted that no one could shout at the boy. Without giving any chance for Ms Schembri to understand or react, she grabbed her by the hair and dragged her to the floor, where she started punching and kicking her. A member of the school's administration and the handyman intervened to stop the assault and the woman was escorted out of the school. The police and an ambulance were called. The headmistress was taken to hospital for treatment to her injuries. She was discharged in the evening...