Judge Roxanne Covington's hearing of a resentencing motion for Kathryn Knott, the Bucks County woman convicted of simple assault and related charges in the 2014 beating of a homosexual couple in Center City, has been rescheduled for 9 a.m. March 14.
On Feb. 8, Knott was sentenced to 5-to-10 months in prison and two years of probation for her role in the beating, which left Andrew Haught unconscious, with a broken jaw that needed to be wired shut.
Knott, 25, of Upper Southampton, also received a $2,000 fine and was ordered to attend anger management classes, keep out of Philadelphia County during her probation and stay away from Haught and his partner, Zachary Hesse, who sustained minor facial bruises in the attack.
Knott's new defense attorney, Bill Brennan, filed the motion in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas 10 days after her sentencing. She is being held at Riverside Correctional Facility in Holmesburg.
Brennan said last month that he is requesting the court consider alternatives to incarceration, contending that Knott's sentencing should be more rehabilitative and a better attempt to heal the wounds caused by the assault.
Knott was one of three defendants charged in the beating, but her co-defendants, Kevin Harrigan and Philip Williams, accepted plea deals that included probation and 200 hours of community service at an LGBT Center.
Knott opted for a trial and walked away with the harshest sentence.
In December, she was found guilty of simple assault against Hesse, conspiracy and two counts of reckless endangerment. She was exonerated of aggravated assault charges against both victims, simple assault against Haught and three counts of conspiracy.
Brennan replaced Louis Busico as Knott's attorney following her initial sentencing hearing.