At her trial, Charlie pleaded not guilty, asserting that she was instinctively reacting to the assault on her person. However this was not accepted by the court, neither was her plea in mitigation that she was suffering from RTS, the prosecution successfully arguing that no r**e had been reported to the police and that there was no record that Charlie had ever sought counselling for the alleged r**e.
She was found guilty, in his summing up the trail judge called Charlie a dangerous young woman who had to be locked up in the interests of public safety and accordingly sentenced her to four years imprisonment
She was taken down and after assessment, transferred to HMP Askham Grange to serve out her sentence.
