TWO Droitwich police officers were injured by a drunken woman who attacked them outside their station, Worcester Crown Court heard yesterday.

Lucie Palmer flew into a rage after her boyfriend, Simon Burn, was arrested.

She pulled WPC Clare Ryan so violently her back was injured and she was off work for three months, said prosecutor Brett Stevenson.

The 18-year-old punched PC David Penfield on the head.

Palmer, of Stockton Lane, Abberley, near Stourport, pleaded guilty to affray and was given a 12-month community rehabilitation order and ordered to pay £414 costs.

Recorder Christopher Murray said she had escaped custody by the skin of her teeth.

He called the defendant's mother down from the public gallery and quizzed her about her daughter's drinking.

The mother -- who was not asked to give her name -- said the incident had taught her daughter a lesson about alcohol.

The recorder told Palmer to avoid drink in future or she could find herself in serious trouble.

She had a previous police reprimand for being drunk and disorderly.

Palmer had been to a number of Droitwich pubs on June 26 with Mr Burn, aged 17, who took exception to a youth called David Maggs talking to his girlfriend in one bar, said Mr Stevenson.

Mr Burn tried to hit Mr Maggs but was arrested. Palmer reacted to the arrest and became violent, the court heard.

WPC Ryan suffered tissue damage in her back and had to be carried from the scene on a stretcher. PC Penfield had minor injuries.

Palmer, who had drunk up to five pints of lager, could only recall her boyfriend getting in a fight and nothing after that, said her counsel, Shane Crawford.

She never intended to seriously hurt WPC Ryan and had tried to placate her boyfriend. She believed his arrest was wrong.

Mr Crawford said: "She had a large amount of alcohol which clouded her judgement. But she's not a battle-hardened drinker with a predisposition towards violence."

The court heard that Mr Burn, who also admitted affray, was ordered by Droitwich magistrates to pay Mr Maggs £30 compensation.