PEOPLE were surprised to see a brawling nun in a pub, a court was told.

It turned out to be a woman who had planned to go to a fancy dress party, North East Wales Magistrates Court was told.

Hannah Humphreys, 27, an assistant shop manager, was dressed as a nun when she and co-defendant Jemma Caddock, 29, got involved in what was described as an unprovoked attack.

Prosecutor Justin Espie said sisters Sarah and Melissa Morris was at The Stag pub in Bagillt and there was a verbal altercation.

They attacked Sarah Morris and punches were thrown and she was pushed around.

Her sister tried to break it up but she was attacked as well.

When the two sisters left the pub they were again set upon outside the premises where they were further pushed and hold down.

Both had been injured, he said.

Humphreys, of Bryn Dyrys and mother-of-two Caddock of Roman's Way, both Bagillt, admitted common assault charges and were placed on a 12 month community order under which they must carry out 100 hours unpaid work.

They were ordered to pay £85 costs and an £85 surcharge and each was ordered to pay £50 compensation to each victim.

Magistrates made a two year exclusion order under the Licensing Act ordering them not to enter The Stag.

The magistrates said that it had been an unprovoked attack at their local pub at 1am on October 28 when they were both drunk.

Gary Harvey, defending, told the Mold court it was a one-off episode when they had too much to drink and both were embarrassed by their court appearances.

They were two hard-working ladies and the matter had been hanging over them a long time.

Mr Harvey told the court: "Members of the public coming across this would have been wondering what on earth was going on.

"It would be an unusual sight to have a brawling nun in a pub.

"I have not seen it."

Probation officer Tracey Flavell said both had acted out of character.

Humphreys had been on her way to a fancy dress party but did not get there after she was let down by a friend and went to the pub instead.

She fully accepted her behaviour was wholly inappropriate.

Described as a social drinker who rarely went out, she had worked in retail for 10 years and was now an assistant manager.

Caddock was a mother of two children aged eight and six who was also in full-time employment.

She rarely drank but had consumed more alcohol that night as there was a Halloween party at the local pub that night, said Mrs Flavell.