“I genuinely felt scared for my life.”

A woman has appeared in court following a dangerous incident on a busy Chesterfield road.

Naomi Douglas, 40, of The Hill, Glapwell, appeared at Chesterfield Magistrates Court on Thursday, November 5, following an incident, which left another woman injured and traumatised.

The incident took place at the Hill in Glapwell on Monday, July 13, when the victim parked her car in front of the defendant’s property.

The victim decided to park at the property because she was trying to contact the defendant, after she was told that her partner was cheating on her with the defendant.

The victim, who did not know the defendant, tried to call Douglas multiple times on the number she was provided with, but could not get through to her.

The defendant got out of the house and spoke to the victim through a slightly open car window.

The court has heard that Douglas put her fingers in the window gap and started throwing accusations at the victim, asking how she knew where she lived.

The victim explained she knew from her ex partner and wanted to talk to her about what happened.

An intensive argument followed, during which the defendant called her victim ‘crazy’ and ‘psycho’, the court heard.

Douglas was heard shouting swear words and appeared very emotional, the court heard.

The victim said she wanted to leave and started to drive off at a slow speed.

But the defendant kept her hand in the window gap and refused to let go, walking alongside the moving car.

The court heard that during the incident the defendant said ‘I will stay with this car wherever you go, I will kill you’.

The victim slowed down concerned about the defendant still holding the window.

At this point the defendant got hold of the steering wheel and started punching the victim to her face and pulling her hair.

Prosecution said that the victim was punched 15 times and lost consciousness for a short period of time.

The defendant tried to grab hold of the victim’s phone and said she was going to smash it.

The victim also reported that the defendant pulled some of her hair out, significantly affecting her confidence.

The court heard that the victim’s ADHD medication was thrown into the road during the incident and she remained unmedicated for a time period after the incident.

The victim’s car suffered damage as well, with blood stains form her face still visible on a passenger seat.

Douglas was charged with assault by beating, criminal damage to property and assault to a person occasioning them actual bodily harm.

She pleaded guilty to all charges.

In a victim impact statement read out at court, the victim described her mental health deteriorating following the incident.

She said she was only getting two to three hours of sleep per night due to anxiety and was scared to leave her own house in fear of seeing the defendant.

She said: “My mind is consumed by what happened.

“I genuinely felt scared for my life.

“The blood is still on my daughter’s seat.

“My car is a constant reminder of what happened.

“I’m scared to be in my car.

“I changed how I socialise, travel and use social media.

“I cancelled a job interview because I was scared that if Naomi knew where I work she would find me.”

Defence said that Douglas admitted she shouldn’t have done what she did and was ‘extremely remorseful.

She added that she has’ learnt her lesson’ and apologised for her behaviour.

District Judge Taaffe sentenced Douglas to 32 weeks in prison for the assault and four weeks for criminal damage. Both sentences have been suspended for 12 months.

She has also been ordered to pay £200 compensation to the victim, victim surcharge of £187 and costs of £85.

Douglas was handed a three-year restraining order not to contact the victim.

District Judge Taaffe said it seemed that the ‘real villain’ was Douglas’s former partner.

He added: “Miss Douglas, your self control has been lost and the victim has suffered some serious injuries because of it.

“Luckily these injuries were not serious as they could be.

“This is an incident which has taken place at the public road and I appreciate you were not driving the car but your response was disruptive, unreasonable and savage.”