Overview

• Oliver received a 66-week prison sentence suspended for two years at Cardiff Crown Court today.
• Judge Simon Mills declined to award compensation after finding Oliver could not afford significant payments for her victim.
• Prosecutor evidence detailed how Oliver intentionally prolonged her attack on Belinda Stickland at a funeral in Splott, Cardiff in June 2023.
• The court weighed Oliver’s pregnancy and her role caring for three children, including one with special needs, in moderating her sentence.
• Stickland endures lasting physical harm—multiple broken ribs, a punctured lung and emphysema—and severe mental trauma that confines her to her home.