Málaga woman has accepted a one year sentence for assaulting her son’s teacher

Málaga woman has accepted a one year sentence for assaulting her son’s teacher during an incident at the child’s school in the Palma-Palmilla district of the city. It happened in the first week of the new school year in 2007, when the mother hit the teacher and threw her onto the floor in front of other mothers and also in front of her own son.Málaga Hoy newspaper reports that although the woman was brought before a judge for a minor offence at the time, the private accusation in the case asked for the incident to be investigated further as an assault on a public employee. The preliminary hearing was held this Tuesday, where the mother accepted the one year term and 200 € compensation.It’s reported as the first sentence in Málaga where an assault of a teacher has been viewed as an assault on a person of ‘public authority’. Previously seen as a minor offence, it would have meant a fine of between 30 and 150 €, without a custodial sentence, but, as the newspaper notes, it could now mean a prison term if the accused has a previous record.It’s understood that sentences in cases of public authority assault can range from 1 to 3 years.