BAR BAN FOR HOME ALONE MUM AFTER PUB BRAWL; CCTV of punches being thrown.

Byline: JEREMY ARMSTRONG

A "HOME Alone" mum who left her kids with a girl babysitter to go on holiday has been banned from every bar in her hometown for a year following a brawl.

Kelly Ann Rogerson hit the headlines in June 2005 when she lived it up for two weeks in Turkey while her three young children were left with a 15-year-old.

She claimed "everyone needed to let their hair down", but was arrested on her return to Britain.

Spared jail for the sake of her young family, she vowed to change her ways.

But less than a year later her children were taken into care when she admitted having a stolen mobile phone, a breach of her suspended sentence.

Now Rogerson, 28, and friend Deanna Catherine Wood, both of Darlington, have been captured on CCTV punching, kicking and kneeing a woman in an unprovoked attack outside a bar in the town.

An argument between Rogerson and two sisters started inside and escalated outside, Newton Aycliffe JPs were told.

Ciaran Crogan, prosecuting, said Rogerson punched and kneed one woman, kicking her in the face on the ground.

He added: "You can see from the CCTV footage there is shouting and pointing from both sides but words could never justify this attack."

Jane Scott, for Rogerson, said trouble flared over allegations a drink was spiked. She added that Rogerson was feeling "deeply remorseful" about the fight.

Mike Clark, for Wood, 19, said she got involved when she saw Rogerson fighting.

Rogerson was sentenced to 18 weeks' custody and Wood to 12 weeks, suspended for 12 months.

The pair, who admitted affray, were each ordered to pay pounds 43 costs and pounds 100 compensation, and banned from town centre licensed premises.

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