Road rage attacker could avoid jail by proving she is an "expert knitter"

A road-raging Scotswoman who tailed her victim for miles before hauling open her door and punching her in the face could avoid imprisonment if she can prove she can knit.

Amanda McCabe told the judge that her apparent pursuit was "a simple coincidence, as she was a keen knitter and planned to visit a specialist wool shop," reports Mark Mackay of The Courier.

On hearing that, Sheriff Rafferty laid down a challenge one that he said could be the difference between liberty and prison.

He told McCabe she would return to court on December 14 with multiple knitted items capable of being sold in a charity shop and raising money for good causes.

Put on the spot, she claimed she could knit a jumper in two-to-three-days at a cost of 6 to 7.

It seems odd that having a legitimate reason to be in the area would make any difference as to sentencing over boxing in and physically attacking another driver. But the Courier is quite clear: "sentence was deferred until December for her to be of good behaviour and to produce the knitted items requested by the court" and she will avoid prison if she can "prove she is an expert knitter."