TWO women convicted of an assault at a town centre pub have been sentenced in court.

Rebecca Glover and Leanne Halsall both appeared before Liverpool, Knowsley and St Helens Magistrates' Court on Wednesday, September 4. 

Glover, 25, of Canberra Avenue, Thatto Heath, had pleaded guilty to assault by beating in an earlier hearing on March 26 this year.

Meanwhile, Halsall, 42, of Borough Road, St Helens, had been convicted after a trial on July 23, following a not guilty plea.

The two defendants had assaulted a female victim at The Duke, on Duke Street, St Helens, on October 27, last year.

District judge Healey sentenced Glover to a community order for 12 months. 

She must do rehabilitation activity - for up to 10 days and unpaid work for 60 hours.

A restraining order for her not to contact the victim was passed for two years.

Meanwhile, Glover must also pay costs to the Crown Prosecution Service of £85 and a surcharge of £114. 

Halsall was also given a community order for 12 months and was made to do up to 15 days of rehabilitation activity.

She was ordered to do 80 hours of unpaid work within 12 months. She was also given a two-year restraining order prohibiting contact with the victim.

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'The Duke' had its licence revoked by St Helens Council in January this year after a series of violent and criminal incidents.

Following this, the pub has undergone a transformation back to its traditional Duke of Cambridge name after the owner took back reins of the pub after it had been previously been leased out to another tenant.