A MOTHER-of-six swung a claw hammer at a neighbour who had complained about noise from her flat.
Jane Oakes turned up drunk at Kelly Macauley's flat after Miss Macauley had contacted police.
Oakes was playing loud music, arguing with a man and shouting.
Nottingham Crown Court heard there was an on-going dispute between the women and on this particular night Miss Macauley was disturbed when she went to bed.
Police spoke with Oakes at her home in Derby Road, Sandiacre, but she did not quieten down.
She threatened to "come and hammer" Miss Macauley who heard a knock at her door and found Oakes standing there, shouting, with her hand behind her back.
She had a 12-inch claw hammer and swung it at Miss Macauley but missed, the court heard.
Police were called and they went to Oakes' home and found her sitting on the sofa with the hammer.
Sue Matthews, prosecuting, said: "The defendant was intoxicated."
Oakes told police she had been to the Red Lion pub, gone home and switched on the TV.
She said she was an alcoholic and could not remember anything as she had been drinking lager and sambuca since 2pm.
"She confirmed there was an on-going problem with Miss Macauley, who lives in the flat below, and Miss Macauley had started complaining about the music she was playing," said Miss Matthews.
"She said she had lost her husband a year ago and that's when she began to have her own difficulties."
The court was told Oakes, 38, had convictions for dishonesty and obstructing police.
She admitted having an offensive weapon, which put her in breach of an 18-month conditional discharge imposed for theft when she tried to leave Sainsburys with £400 of goods without paying.
Fiona Tannock, in mitigation, said Oakes played loud music to "drown out issues.
"She has six children, two of whom are in adulthood."
Judge James Sampson said: "It's effectively provoking public disorder to allow her to go back to this flat."
He gave Oakes a 12-month community sentence, an order to get treatment for her alcohol problem and ordered her not to go to Derby Road for one year.
She has to pay a victim surcharge of £60 and live where directed by the probation service. The judge ordered the hammer to be forfeited.
