Riding school receptionist saddled with community order after in-law falling out

A riding school receptionist has been given a community order for punching her her sister-in-law outside a stable block after the victim said she was useless at her job. Riding instructor Hayley Dickens said she still has hearing problems six months after her 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 she was convicted her of assault causing actual bodily…