A woman cut the nose of a police officer who was chasing her when she tried to escape from a hospital.
Kate Elsley, 44, slipped one of her hands from handcuffs and waved her arms around when she realised she was about to be captured, Barnsley Magistrates' Court was told.
The flailing handcuff caught PC Stephen Bray on the nose, said Felicity Hemlin, prosecuting.
She said Elsley had been taken to hospital by police after feeling unwell.
Miss Hemlin said: "She slipped one of her hands from the cuffs and tried to escape. There was a chase through casualty. PC Bray was given painkillers and resumed his duties."
Julian Brook, defending, said Elsley, of Chapel Lane, Thurnscoe, voted with her feet because she was having difficulties coping with waiting at the hospital.
He said Elsley's emotions got the better of her because she was distraught about losing the chance to see her children. She was frustrated because she felt she had been treated unjustly.
Her downward spiral begun five years ago when her partner died. Mr Brook added that Elsley had written an apology to PC Bray.
Elsley, who admitted assaulting a police officer, was ordered to pay £100 in compensation to PC Bray and was given a 10 week curfew. She was ordered to pay a £60 victim surcharge and £590 in costs.
