Kirsty Bearfield threw her baby at a police officer, leaving her with life-changing injuries

A mother who trains as a bare-knuckle boxer threw her baby at a police officer has been spared a jail sentence.

Kirsty Bearfield was at the Hull Royal Infirmary after her eldest child suffered a 'non-accidental' injury.

But when officers told her that her two children should be looked after by their father for the night, the 24-year-old threw her baby at a detective constable in a fit of rage.

The police officer has been left with life-changing injuries and was forced her to leave her job.

She said Bearfield had 'robbed her of being a mother'.

Bearfield posts pictures and videos of her fighting online and boasted about her 'beautiful left hook'.

The mother-of-two, who has four previous convictions for battery, admitted GBH but was spared prison.

Bearfield posts pictures and videos of her fighting online and boasted about her 'beautiful left hook'

Bearfield was at the hospital with her two children, their father, a social worker, and two police officers in November 2017, following a report of a 'non-accidental' injury to the older child, the court was told.

The injury was not found to be suspicious but the social worker decided the children should be removed from Bearfield's care to stay with their father that night.

Bearfield was sitting with the baby on her knee, as a detective constable stood in front of her explaining the decision.

Prosecutor Phillip Evans told Hull Crown Court: 'That was news which the defendant did not take well. She threw [the baby] at the officer with a look of anger on her face.'

The officer put her arms up and caught the 13kg baby without injuring him.

But the officer was in 'immediate discomfort', referred to a neurosurgeon and had an MRI scan which revealed a trapped nerve in her lower spine, requiring surgery.

Bearfield was sentenced to 12 months in jail, suspended for 18 months, and must have up to 25 days rehabilitation

The officer was referred to another specialist who performed further surgery for a 'frozen shoulder', a condition which was 'exclusively attributable' to Bearfield throwing her baby at her.

She still does not have full use of her left shoulder and has been left with a six-inch scar as 'a painful reminder of what happened'.

The officer said she has had to give up her hobbies including climbing, swimming, and walking, and has had to have her hair cut short because she can no longer hold a hairdryer.

She has also been unable to dress herself and restrictions have been put in place on what duties she can perform at work, and what roles she can apply for.

The officer said her daughter had just started primary school at the time of the incident.

She told the court: 'It's heartbreaking as a mother when your child needs comfort and they are asking to be picked up and you have to turn them down. This is all due to Kirsty Bearfield.'

The officer said for weeks after the incident her daughter feared she 'would be stabbed by a bad girl'.

She added: 'I hate that we are forever linked that way as I don't think I will ever forget her or what happened. It made me leave a role I was good at.

'I have nightmares about her chucking her son and what could have happened. She needs to be made to realise you can't behave like that. She robbed me of being able to be a mum to my child and that I can never forgive.'

Bearfield, from Hedon, in east Yorkshire, admitted inflicting grievous bodily harm.

Steven Garth, mitigating, told Judge Paul Watson QC that Bearfield's parents were heroin addicts who 'did not want her.'

He added: 'She was neglected by them and placed in care when just a toddler. By the age of five she had been placed with 39 different foster carers spread around the country.'

Bearfield suffers from dyslexia, reactive attachment disorder, an eating disorder and has 'difficulties' with her spine, Mr Garth said.

The judge told Bearfield: 'I have decided it would not be right or conscionable for something you did two years ago to immediately deprive you of your liberty.'

Bearfield was sentenced to 12 months in jail, suspended for 18 months, and must have up to 25 days rehabilitation.