A DRUNKEN student head-butted her boyfriend's former girlfriend on a bus as pensioners and other passengers looked on in horror.

Louise Moore, aged 18, left her victim with a swollen eye and blood pouring from her nose after launching the attack outside the Lychgate centre in Worcester.

She told Anna Abbatiello she was going to kill her, Worcester Magistrates Court heard yesterday.

Suzanne Llewellyn, prosecuting, said the teenager also kicked and struggled as she was led away by police.

She said the victim, Miss Abbatiello had been visiting a friend in Worcester on Thursday, March 6, and was going home on the bus in the evening when Moore got on.

"She started shouting at her: 'You dirty slag, I'll kick your head in; I'll kill you," said Miss Llewellyn.

She said Moore carried on shouting, before head-butting her in the right side of the head and punching her on the nose.

"She went to the front of the bus to speak to the driver," said Miss Llewellyn. "Her nose was pouring with blood."

When the police took Moore off the bus, she started shouting abuse and kicked out violently.

Frightened

"The passengers were shocked and frightened," she said. "There were pensioners and young people on the bus."

When interviewed, Moore said she couldn't be bothered to explain the incident.

"When she was told she had made the complainant's nose bleed, she said 'Good'," said Miss Llewellyn.

She admitted knowing her victim for about a year before the incident.

Moore, of Rail Ground, Pershore, admitted common assault, resisting arrest and threatening behaviour.

Judith Kenney, defending, said Moore was angry because the police had done nothing when she had complained about receiving malicious phone calls from Miss Abbatiello.

However, the police said they had not received any complaint of this nature from her.

"She was fuelled up and uninhibited by drink," she said. "She's not proud of it."

Moore was given a 12-month community rehabilitation order for the assault and resisting arrest, and a 12-month conditional discharge for threatening behaviour.

She was also ordered to pay £50 compensation to her victim, and £30 towards costs.