The
“Lucky Bingo Chair” Incident
A bingo club has
called "house" on two south Wales grandmothers after a violent
bust-up over a supposed "lucky chair".
Both have been banned
from attending the club after one of them needed hospital
treatment for a broken nose and two black eyes.
Now one of the women,
bingo regular Sandra Fry, 55, is bemoaning her fate: "I used to go
to the club most nights and felt I knew everyone.
"Now I'm stuck in the
house staring at the wallpaper. Even a murderer doesn't get life,"
the care worker said.
Security staff at the
bingo hall had to step in to pull Fry off as 500 other players
watched in amazement.
Fry grew angry when
she saw that rival player 58-year-old Lynn Want had beaten her to
the "best seat" in the house in Bridgend's Castle Bingo hall.
She went up to Want
and punched her once in the face, breaking her nose instantly.
Want needed hospital treatment for a broken nose and two black
eyes following the incident.
Tracey Davies
operations executive for the Castle Leisure, owners of the Castle
Bingo Hall in Bridgend, said: "The behavior of these two women was
incompatible with the safe and social environment of our clubs."
Police were called to
the scene, and Fry was subsequently arrested over the assault. She
later said: ""She called me names for months before I snapped and
hit her. "It was wrong of me but I didn't plan it. It was one
lucky punch. I don't know where it came from - I was just as
shocked as she was."
