A mother of six has escaped prison for her part in a vicious street brawl in which she punched and kicked another woman.
Michelle Samuels, 31, was also said to have ripped out 'a clump' of her victim's hair.
"I'm very embarrassed," she told a judge who spared her a jail sentence after the case took almost three years to get to reach a conclusion in court.
Her victim was putting bin bags in her car in Hallworth Road in Crumpsall at 9.45pm on April 14, 2018, when Samuels approached her, prosecutor David Farley told Manchester Crown Court on Friday.
Samuels punched the woman to the left side of her face, kicked her and pulled 'a clump of hair' out, the court heard.
The woman fell and felt three blows to her head, said Mr Farley.
She suffered a sore chest, bruising and a scratch to her nose.
Residents complained there had been 'problems in the street' ever since Samuels moved in for about a month up until the incident. She has now moved out.
Samuels has previous convictions for public order offences, assault and drink-driving although she had not been in trouble since 2011, the court heard.
Brendan O'Leary, defending, pointed to the delay in bringing the case to court which he said was 'not acceptable'.
"Whilst defendants are not without blame, they are entitled to swift and fair justice but they are not getting it at the moment" he said.
His client was interviewed by police on August 30, 2018, where officers had gathered all the evidence but it was a further two years before it reached court, he said.
He pointed out his client had not offended since the incident.
His client's crime was 'not something she's proud of', said Mr O'Leary, who added that she was responsible for six children aged between six and 19.
Judge Paul Reid QC branded her offence 'disgraceful behaviour on the street', describing a fight where there were punches, kicks and blows to the head.
The judge went on that the defendant had alleged the altercation 'went both ways' but he added that 'at the end of the day you have accepted criminal responsibility for what you did'.
"I'm very embarrassed," replied the defendant.
Samuels was handed a 12-month community order after she pleaded guilty to one charge of affray. She was also ordered to carry out 15 days of rehabilitation activity.
