A DRUNK woman leapt in front of a police car screaming ‘f***ing pigs’ before lunging forward teeth bared in a bid to bite an officer.

Kirsty McFarlane carried out the shocking early-hours antics while drunk in the street at Cowley Road, Oxford, on November 3 last year.

The 28-year old admitted being drunk and disorderly and was set to stand trial for another count relating to the incident of assaulting a police officer.

At Oxford Magistrates’ Court yesterday she had a change of heart and pleaded guilty to assaulting the officer as well as a further public order offence carried out on in the centre of Oxford on Wednesday.

Detailing the initial attack on police in November prosecutors said yesterday that officers were out in a marked police car on Cowley Road at about 4am.

While police were driving up the road McFarlane suddenly stepped out into their path before stepping back on to the pavement.

Moments later she jumped back into the road forcing the car to perform an emergency stop.

McFarlane then spat at the vehicle, the court heard, and screamed ‘f***ing pigs’ causing officers to get out and arrest her for being drunk and disorderly.

The abuse continued while she was inside the car where McFarlane called one police officer a ‘prostitute’ and an ‘ugly f***ing bitch’ before leaning forward with her teeth bared.

McFarlane then lunged at one officer in a bid to bite them and had to be held back at arms-length.

A second incident of disorder was also detailed to the court which occurred at Starbucks Coffee shop, Cornmarket Street on Tuesday at about 11.30am.

McFarlane, who is homeless, was inside with a trolley that contained her personal belongings and was asked to move it.

This prompted her to begin shouting and screaming, before pushing it towards a woman. Police arrived soon after and she was again arrested.

At her sentencing hearing yesterday the court heard that McFarlane also has a string of previous offences, made up of 22 convictions for 43 offences, including a number of drunk and disorderly crimes as well as for assaulting police officers.

In mitigation her defence team said that McFarlane was committed to turning her life around and had been attending Turning Point in a bid to tackle her substance misuse.

Sentencing, District Judge Kamlesh Rana said she would put off the final sentence while the National Probation Service explored all sentencing options.

She said: “I keep all sentencing options open. I hope for someone to look at this case with a degree of creativity.

“[I adjourn] to address the issues that she has, she has some serious addiction issues which needs to be addressed. Made worse by the fact she is no fixed abode and has a chaotic lifestyle.”

The case was adjourned until February 7 while a pre-sentence report is prepared and McFarlane was remanded in custody in the meantime.