Amanda McCabe has been sentenced to five months of knitting (Picture: Cascade)

A woman has been told she won’t have to go to jail for a road rage attack if she can prove she can knit.

Amanda McCabe followed victim Claire Smith before boxing her in then punching her in the face.

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McCabe told the court that she could knit a jumper in two days for £6 or £7.




Sheriff Rafferty told her that in order to avoid prison she must return to court on December 14 with ‘multiple knitted items’ that could be sold in a charity shop.

McCabe said she was on her way to the Knitting Pin (Picture: Cascade)

The court heard that Ms Smith and a friend were driving through Dundee when McCabe cut them up on a slip road. She made her feelings known and this angered McCabe.

Depute Fiscal John Adams said: ‘Unfortunately this led to the accused following Ms Smith for around five to ten minutes, from the Kingsway to Cardean Street.’

Ms Smith took a wrong turn and went into a car park. When she tried to do a U-turn McCabe pounced, opening the door and punching her in the face.

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Sheriff Rafferty told McCabe: ‘If you are a skilled knitter then I am sure that you could produce some goods for charity.

‘You will bring to court several items that you have knitted that you are prepared to donate to a charity shop.

‘It will not be a meagre amount. You have committed a serious offence.

‘You have committed serious offences but you have a chance to do something useful with your time. Take this chance.’

McCabe, of Maplewood Drive, admitted assaulting Claire Smith in Cardean Street on January 8 this year by punching her on the head.

Sentence was deferred until December for her to be of good behaviour and to produce the knitted items requested by the court.