article_snippet: A vigilante mother found guilty of assaulting two schoolgirls after A vigilante mother suspected one of two schoolgirls had upset
article_snippet: Joanne Higgs (pictured with her ) was found guilty of assaulting two teenage girls .
article_snippet: Bury Magistrates Court heard that her and two unknown men set upon two teenage girls in April last year.
article_snippet: two teenage girls were said to have been punched to the ground.
article_snippet: Dominique Nash, 15, was attacked by mother-of-three Higgs in the street and was left with a black eye .
article_snippet: Dominique, now 16, said her had been trying to protect her friend from attack when her was punched .
article_snippet: But Miss Higgs – who took to a local newspaper's Facebook page to defend her actions - said her acted on her own and that no other adults were involved.
article_snippet: her told the Manchester Evening News her took action into her own hands after a gang of teenagers gathered outside her home and started throwing eggs at her house.
highlights_snippet: An earlier version of this article suggested that Ms Nash.
highlights_snippet: We are happy to clarify that Ms Nash was part of a group of youngsters standing outside a corner shop and came to Lilly Hulse’s help when Ms Nash was attacked by Joanne Higgs, and was then attacked Ms Nash.