Driver Drags Woman From Her Car ,Beats Her While Her Baby Looks On In The Back Seat

A driver beat up another young mother in a road rage attack as their babies looked on from the rear seats of their cars.

Fatima Festus, 22, of Burnage, Manchester, attacked Amilia Luby despite her 'cutting up' the victim at a junction - and then blaming her for nearly causing an accident.

As their young children aged six months and a year watched, foul mouthed Festus jumped out of her vehicle shouting: 'My f****** child is in the back of my car.'

She then stormed up to Miss Luby's blue BMW, dragged her out of the driver's seat then repeatedly punched her in the head.

A friend of Miss Luby's who was in the passenger seat tried to intervene but was punched in the stomach.

Miss Luby suffered a black eye, cuts to her lip and bruises to her elbow as well as swelling to the right temple of her head. She now says she is too scared to leave the house.

Festus later claimed the incident was a 'bit of a blur' and said at the time she was 'scared something might have happened to her young baby.'She has since become pregnant with her second child.

At Manchester Magistrates' Court Festus admitted common assault but escaped jail after JPs said it was a 'spontaneous attack.

Prosecutor Miss Marion Nolan said:

 'She was travelling with her friend Laure-She says it happened so quickly that the complainant can't remember if she retaliated.

'She says she was driving along with her six month-old child in the back when Miss Luby pulled out in front of her. It was her first born and she felt very protective over the safety of her young child.
'She says she didn't really think about what she was going to do and had no idea what she was thinking of. She remembers opening the car door and shouting and after that it became a bit of a blur.
'She can't explain why she did it just that she was scared something might have happened to her young baby. She has been very upset about the whole thing and is currently four months pregnant.
'She understands that this shouldn't have happened and she wishes she had acted in a different way.'

Festus was sentenced to a 12-month community order and was ordered to complete 180 hours of unpaid work.

She was also ordered to pay Miss Luby £200 and pay £235 in costs and surcharges.

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