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Subscriber only A 23-year-old Airlie Beach woman has narrowly avoided a prison sentence after teaming up with her sister in a vicious, totally unprovoked assault at a CBD taxi rank. Asia Marie Otway faced Proserpine Magistrates Court this week, pleading guilty to charges of assaults occasioning bodily harm, commit public nuisance, and common assault, stemming from an incident near Magnums bar in November last year. The court heard Otway attacked a woman lying down on a public bench waiting for a taxi about 12.50am on November 25, leaving her with multiple cuts and abrasions to her face. Without warning, Otway grabbed the woman by the hair, pulled her off the bench, and punched her in the face.