A trip to a Kingston children’s play area turned violent when a woman allegedly scratched and pulled the hair of another woman.

Police were called to the Caterpillar Cafe in the Bentall Centre at 9.30am on Friday, December 4, to reports of a fight between two women.

Kirsty Pickard, 25, of Glenbuck Road, Surbiton, was arrested and charged with common assault on a 23-year-old woman, who was found with scratches on her arm and clumps of hair pulled from her scalp.

Miss Pickard will appear at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, December 22.