ANGRY MUM TOLD EX 'I'LL SHOW YOU DANGEROUS DRIVING', THEN DID EXACTLY THAT
A furious mum who drove her car at her ex as he walked with a woman and her toddler on the footpath has been spared an immediate prison sentence.On May 28, 2025, Alicia Sciacaluga drove her baby daughter to South Shore in the hope the tot would fall asleep in the car.
When she reached Lytham Road she saw her former partner, who was walking on the pavement with two friends and a toddler in a pushchair.
As she mounted the kerb, one of the men with her ex said she was a 'nutcase of a driver', but Sciacaluga replied: "I'll show you what dangerous driving is." She reversed back, spun the car round and drove onto the pavement towards the group.
In CCTV shown in Preston Crown Court, the white vehicle could be seen within feet of the pedestrians and the pushchair.
As she drove back onto the road, Sciacaluga's ex punched the rear of the car, smashing a light and injuring his hand.
The following day, officers attended her home in Mowbary Road, in Fleetwood.
She answered the door and asked: "Is it because I tried to run my ex over yesterday?" The court heard Sciacaluga had been in a relationship with the man which had broken down while she was pregnant.
She said he had ignored her when asked if he wanted to see their child, and on the day of the incident she made 'a poor decision' out of tiredness and tension.
Recorder Anna Vigars KC, sentencing, said: "Having frightened the three of them very much you turned onto the main road, looped around and drove back up the road, crossing the pavement and swerving around them.
Watching your manoeuvre is in itself a frightening exercise, even though we now know you didn't do serious harm to anybody.
You could have done really serious harm.
I hope in watching the footage today you appreciate the enormous risk you took.
You had in your hands the lives of other people and you chose to drive at them, rather than stay on the road and to calm your anger in any other way.
Your driving can only be described as appalling.
It is extremely dangerous.
It is by luck more than judgement that you didn't cause injury or very serious injury to someone else." She has sought help for her mental health difficulties and has never been in trouble before.
Sciacaluga pleaded guilty to dangerous driving.
She was sentenced to six months suspended for 18 months with 20 days of rehabilitation activity and 50 hours of unpaid work.
She is also banned from driving for 12 months.
