A ROAD-RAGE driver who tailgated one vehicle and crashed into the back of another hobbled into court yesterday with a walking stick after breaking both ankles in the smash.

Jayne Wakefield sobbed as she faced being sentenced for "losing her head" after a row with her teenage daughter on April 13.

She reacted badly to her daughter going off in a friend's Land Rover and sped up behind the vehicle.

Teesside Crown Court heard how she swerved from side to side as if to either overtake or undertake as she pursued her daughter and pal through east Cleveland.

After the Land Rover driver went off-road to shake off 41year-old Wakefield, she continued driving around Redcar looking for them.

Joseph Spencer, prosecuting, said one driver had to swerve to avoid Wakefield's red Ford Ka while a second driver suffered severe whiplash and cuts to his head and arms after she ploughed into the back of his Renault Clio.

Wakefield failed a roadside breath-test, but when she was taken to hospital to be treated for her broken legs, she was found to be under the limit.

The court heard she had been drinking wine in Skelton when her daughter asked to be picked up from a Brotton farm.

They began to argue after Wakefield reversed into a ditch and the teenager jumped out of the car and called her friend to pick her up in the Land Rover.

After her arrest, Wakefield told police that she did not get on with her daughter's friend.

Andrew Teate, mitigating, said Wakefield had never intended to hurt anyone.

Wakefield, of Windermere Drive, Skelton, admitted dangerous driving, and was given a ten-month prison sentence, suspended for 18months, with Probation Service supervision.