A woman who ambushed a journalist outside court to try and stop her reporting her latest crime has been jailed for three years.

Tegan Philips “exploded” and mugged freelance court reporter Wendy Barlow after seeing her taking notes during her case at Burnley Magistrates’ Court on 10 September last year.

The 21-year-old “stalked” Barlow to a nearby car park and then burst out of some bushes in front of her vehicle, shouting: “Have you been writing about me?”