An intoxicated mum who punched a woman in the face outside a Chester pub ran off after realising she’d assaulted an off-duty police officer out drinking with colleagues.

Jaclyn Wilson was sat on by one of the Merseyside officers after Wilson and her then boyfriend James Stephen attacked the woman and her brother - both serving police officers - as they were leaving the Queen’s Head.

But the 27-year-old – who said she assaulted Sian Le-Poidevin because she looked at her in a ‘filthy way’ – managed to get away, abandoning her shoes as she ran off down Foregate Street after realising she had attacked an off-duty police officer and was ‘in big trouble’.

Wilson struck as Stephen attacked the victim’s brother, Liam Le-Poidevin, punching him to the ground and calling him a ‘pig’ after recognising him as a police officer during the incident on January 31.

The mum-of-one, who has no previous convictions, left her victim with a fat lip and bloody nose, but claimed she had no idea she was a police officer until after the attack.

Wilson, of Melbourne Road in Buckley, was fined £70 and ordered to pay £100 compensation after pleading guilty to assaulting Sian Le-Poidevin by beating during a hearing at Chester Magistrates Court on Monday (February 16).

Wilson said she ‘felt embarrassed’ by the incident which was criticised as ‘children’s playground stuff’ by presiding magistrate William Culshaw.

Stephen, of Westminster Avenue in Liverpool – who pleaded guilty to assaulting Liam Le-Poidevin by beating at an earlier hearing – will be sentenced at a later date.

The court heard how the male officer spotted Stephen as he left the pub and hoped the 20-year-old wouldn’t recognise him. But as they walked past him, Stephen started making noises and punched the officer in the side of the face.

“He fell to the ground, he said the defendant called him a pig,” explained Carolyn Vivian, prosecuting, who said the officer saw his sister being attacked by Wilson and tried to get up but was punched again.

“She saw her brother on the ground, it was at that point she was struck in the face by Wilson.”

Howard Jones, defending, said Wilson, who had not drunk very much as she takes medication, originally claimed it was self defence but now realises this was not the case.

“The female complainant looked at her in what she describes as a filthy way,” he said, saying she saw Stephen assault one of the group, but she did not know any of the 14 were police officers.

“She she lashed out. She accepts it was the wrong thing to do, it was a heated argument. One of the males sat on her. He ultimately let her go and she ran off without her shoes down the street. She wanted to get away. She did not know they were off-duty police officers; maybe she became aware during the incident because of what was said.”

Wilson was also ordered to pay court costs of £85 and a victim surcharge of £20.