An elderly couple were enjoying a nice dinner together when they were brutally attacked by a woman the couple had asked to refrain from cursing so loudly.

74-year-old Don Francis and his 69-year-old wife Betty were dining at Cuisine of China in Little Rock. The couple had asked a nearby diner to please refrain from cursing so loudly on her cell phone calls. That is when 33-year-old Joecelyn Thornton brutally attacked the couple.

In security video you see Thornton shove Francis, that is when Mrs. Francis tried to intervene. Betty Francis was pushed onto a nearby table and punched in the face.

Thornton was arrested and charged with 2nd degree battery which is a class D felony, and 2nd degree assault, a class B misdemeanor.

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