That's probably not the way to get a light sentence

A Kentucky woman is facing new charges after attacking a judge on Thursday in family court.

Judge Jennifer Edwards was hearing a domestic violence complaint against Melissa Hardwick filed by her estranged husband.

But the hearing took an unexpected turn when Hardwick was handed a ten day sentence, prompting her to lunge across the bench, and security to rush in.

Surveillance video of the incident shows Hardwick's husband explaining why he filed the order.

Hardwick then interrupts, and refuses to stop talking after the judge warns her she will be held in contempt for disobeying her order to do so.

Judge Edwards then handed out the sentence, prompting the woman to hurl herself over the bench.

Hardwick was taken down by three security officers. Edwards was not hurt in the incident; Hardwick suffered facial scratches.

Court security officer Adam Dodson, who helped to restrain the woman, said he had only seen such an incident occur in training.

He told WLEX: 'I've worked there for three-and-a-half-years and this was the first time anything that serious had happened.'
Hardwick was sentenced 120 days in jail for contempt of court for the incident.

She faces charges of third-degree terroristic threatening, intimidating a participant in the legal process and resisting arrest.

Her bond is set at $25,000.

Judge Edwards ruled after the incident that the domestic violence order filed by Hardwick's husband would remain.