{"id":2102,"date":"2013-08-20T19:05:19","date_gmt":"2013-08-20T23:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=2102"},"modified":"2013-08-20T19:05:19","modified_gmt":"2013-08-20T23:05:19","slug":"broken-nose-assault-results-in-ankle-bracelet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chescotimes.com\/?p=2102","title":{"rendered":"Broken-nose assault results in ankle bracelet"},"content":{"rendered":"

West Brandywine mother gets probation for attacking husband\u2019s paramour<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n
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By Kathleen Brady Shea<\/strong><\/span>,\u00a0Managing Editor, The Times<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Image\"<\/a>The West Brandywine mother of three had no criminal history on Sept. 26, 2012, when she lured a Honey Brook woman into her home and viciously assaulted her \u2013 an attack that left the victim with multiple bruises, abrasions and a broken nose.<\/p>\n

Most everyone, including a Chester County Court judge, agreed that Selina Morrow, 36, had reason to be enraged: She had just learned that her husband was having an affair with the 25-year-old. \u00a0But acting on that impulse merited criminal charges, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n

In June, a jury agreed, convicting Morrow of simple assault, and on Tuesday Judge David Bortner sentenced her to two years\u2019 probation, the first 30 days of which will include electronic home confinement.<\/p>\n

Assistant District Attorney Brian D. Burack had asked for three days of incarceration. \u201cThis was more than just a simple fight,\u201d said Burack.\u00a0 He noted that the jury did not believe Morrow when she testified in her own defense that she \u201cdidn\u2019t do these things.\u201d\u00a0 He said even while \u201cunderstanding the back story, you can\u2019t justify the violence.\u201d<\/p>\n

The victim did not attend the sentencing but submitted an impact statement detailing the attack and its aftermath, a missive that was long enough that only part of it was read aloud. \u201cIt\u2019s essentially consistent with the trial testimony,\u201d said defense attorney Anthony Peszka.<\/p>\n

Peszka said any jail time would constitute a burden for Morrow, especially because one of her children has cerebral palsy.\u00a0 He called the crime a \u201cone-time offense\u201d committed on \u201csomeone in her house uninvited.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bortner said letters in support of Morrow showed that she was \u201cgenerally regarded highly in the community.\u201d The judge suggested that he added the ankle bracelet to the sentence because he was troubled that Morrow still appeared to justify the crime, even saying as much in a letter she submitted to him.<\/p>\n

The judge said some of Morrow\u2019s supporters, who obviously got their impressions from Morrow, viewed the case as \u201csome sort of home invasion and you were the innocent victim. That\u2019s not the way I see this case, frankly. You were the one luring the victim into the house through the text messages.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to testimony, the victim received texts from the cell phone of Morrow\u2019s husband, went to his residence, and let herself into the house, expecting a different kind of rendezvous. Instead, she said she was beaten by Morrow and another woman who was never identified.<\/p>\n

Bortner said the fact that the jury acquitted Morrow of conspiracy meant that he would not consider that she might have enlisted help to carry out the beating, which \u201cwould be even more serious.\u201d\u00a0 And even though Bortner said he understood Morrow\u2019s hostility, she had no right to pummel the victim. He said unfortunately many women have been in that situation and don\u2019t resort to violence. \u201cAs much as they might want to, they don\u2019t act on that desire,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

In addition to the probationary sentence, Bortner imposed restitution of $14,192, 100 hours of community service, and the completion of an anger-management course.<\/p>\n

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