A WOMAN ripped up a pair of bushes and hurled them at her next-door neighbour’s house.
Samantha Holloway smashed her victim’s glasses and left her with a fractured collar bone, a court heard.
The two women had at one point been friends but fell out.
Holloway, 46, appeared at Southampton Crown Court to be sentenced for criminal damage and GBH.
She previously admitted to damaging her neighbour’s property in Surrey Road, Chandler’s Ford, but was convicted of GBH following a trial.
Judge Christopher Parker QC told how Holloway parked up on her victim’s grass and played loud music to “cause unnecessary upset”.
However, she “took exception” when her neighbour’s son took photos of her. She pulled up two bushes before throwing them at her victim’s home.
Holloway - who used crutches to walk at her court hearing - then kicked the front door “completely at odds” with her “apparent disability”, according to Judge Parker.
She then attacked her neighbour later in the day when she went outside to take photos of any possible damage.
Judge Parker said: “You completely lost your self-control and your temper, and you set about grabbing her neck and knocking her to the ground.”
Prosecuting, Ellie Fargin, told how the victim was left with a fractured clavicle and was unable to drive following the attack on March 11 last year.
The woman has since been diagnosed with PTSD.
Defending, Audrey Archer said her client was of limited means and is currently in £4,000 debt arrears in relation to rent.
Holloway, now of Weston Way, Eastleigh, regrets that the victim was injured.
Ms Archer referred to a probation report which said Holloway was at a low risk of being reconvicted.
Judge Parker jailed her for 15-months, suspended for 18-months.
He also made her the subject of a restraining order until further order.
She must complete 20 rehabilitation activity days, pay £322.46 in compensation for glasses and a further £100 in compensation.
Judge Parker warned: “One step out of line and you will be going to prison.”
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