Overview
- Helena Coyne pleaded guilty to occasioning actual bodily harm after an August 15 attack at her father's home.
- Prosecutors said she pulled off his prosthetic leg, dragged him to the floor, and bit his left cheek for about 15 seconds.
- The victim is a double amputee with several fingers previously removed due to sepsis and lives in a specially adapted flat.
- Coyne was ordered to complete the Building Choices programme, 25 rehabilitation activity days, and alcohol abstinence monitoring, while an animal‑harm charge was left on file.
- She later phoned police to confess, was arrested at a hostel, has prior convictions dating to 2001, and was warned that non‑compliance could lead to prison.