A mum claims she's "gone through hell" after her trial collapsed.
Karen Malia was accused of mowing her neighbour down and "giving him the Vs" after "bad blood" boiled over on her Newcastle estate.
But the case was dropped after a key witness, the neighbour she allegedly injured, didn't show up to testify.
Outside Newcastle Magistrates' Court, Karen proudly punched the air as she questioned the decision to prosecute her.
"I've never been off the toilet, I've been that stressed - it has made me feel sick," said the 52-year-old, who claims she's been subjected to cruel taunting near her Newbiggin Hall home.
"I've been called a nonce in the street and a f****** skank, which are all lies."
Prosecutor Brian Payne admitted there was a "history" between Malia and her neighbour.
"There is bad blood between the parties," he told the court.
The court heard tensions allegedly spilled over on Sunday, January 27.
The prosecutor told Malia's trial that she used her car to deliberately reverse back and hit the complainant, causing "minor injuries".
But speaking outside court, Malia, whose 18-year-old son and partner turned up to support her, said: "That's rubbish.
"Nothing I was accused of doing I did but I've been made to go through hell because of this.
"I never hit anybody - the car didn't even touch them."
Mr Payne asked for the full-day trial to be adjourned, claiming he was awaiting evidence that the alleged victim had informed the court he wasn't attending due to a work commitment.
But defending, Paul Oxnard claimed Malia had endured a "great deal of distress" and that more delays would be unfair - especially as she had turned up.
"People come to court expecting the matter to proceed unless there's a good reason," he said.
After magistrates deliberated, they ordered the trial to go ahead - and without his key witness, Mr Payne was forced to drop an assault by beating charge.
Northumbria Police officers were among the witnesses who did show up.
They were thanked for their time by the bench.
Celebrating being cleared, Malia added: "Why should it have been adjourned?
"I bothered to turn up, he didn't, so it is only fair.
"Justice has been done."
