A Blackburn woman behaved like a "wild animal" during a disturbance in a pub, a court heard.

Blackburn magistrates were told that Tina Walker, 22, of Pelham Street, Blackburn, spat in the faces of female members of staff and tried to bite a police officer.

The court heard the incident came weeks after Walker had shouted racist abuse at an Asian woman collecting her children from school. Jailing her for six months, a judge said Walker had to accept responsibility for her actions.

Walker pleaded guilty to racially aggravated threatening behaviour outside Cedars County Primary School in December, assaulting Michelle Power, Kelly Ward and a police officer in the Sun Inn in January and theft of £5 from Michelle Power on the same day.

Joanne Close, prosecuting, said on the day of the racially aggravated offence Shahida Hussain was collecting her children, aged eight, six and four, from school when she saw Walker standing at the school gates shouting loudly at a child in the playground.

Walker asked what people were looking at and then started hurling racist abuse at Mrs Hussain, added Mrs Close.

There were two incidents in the Sun Inn, the first involving Miss Power.

Walker saw her in the pub and verbally abused and threatened her, the court was told.

Miss Power went to the bar to get a drink and, as she produced a £5 note to pay for it, Walker snatched it.

There was a confrontation when Walker refused to give it back and she then kneed Miss Power twice in the groin area, the court heard.

Later the same day a police officer was at the pub taking a statement about the earlier incident when Walker returned.

The landlady was trying to eject her with the assistance of a male and Walker spat in her face and tried to bite and kick the man.

As the officer was trying to calm her down she spat in the face of another member of staff and tried to bite the officer.

Mrs Close added: "The officer says she was behaving like a wild animal, trying to bite him and the bar manager and spitting at all of them."

Michael Blacklidge, defending, said Walker exhibited the behaviour she observed during her formative years.

He said he was surprised by the racial nature of the allegation because members of Walker's family were of Asian origin.

"Unless she deals with these situations without lashing out physically or verbally things going to get worse."