A mum swung a knife around at her neighbours before using it to smash the windscreen of one of their cars and throwing it through an open window.
Catherine Hunter had been drinking heavily when she launched a bizarre attack on her neighbour outside their homes in Eastham earlier this year. After threatening him, she then returned with a large knife which she used to crack his windscreen, all while shouting at him and other terrified family members.
The 36 year old was spared jail today after the court heard her young son, who she provides round the clock care for, would suffer seriously if she went to prison. Max Saffman, prosecuting, said Hunter’s neighbour was carrying out maintenance on his car on Calveley Avenue on the morning of April 30 when she emerged from her home in her pyjamas.
