Riding school receptionist beat up sister-in-law

A riding school receptionist repeatedly punched an instructor outside the stable block after the other woman said she was useless at her job, a court heard. Hayley Dickens said she still has hearing problems six months after her sister-in-law Kirstie Whittington, 39, struck her in the ears, eye and jaw on 21 May. Blonde mum-of-two Whittington claimed she acted in self-defence after Ms Dickens attacked her but District judge Julia Newton convicted her of assault causing actual bodily harm. Ms…