A STOURBRIDGE man deliberately drove his car at a group of mothers outside a school in the town after mounting the pavement with one frightened woman having to throw a two-year-child over a wall for safety, a jury has been told.

It was the intention of Kevin Campbell to cause serious injury because there was "bad blood" between him and a woman in the group, alleged Nigel Stelling prosecuting.

At Wolverhampton Crown Court, he said it was inevitable they would be hit by the bright red car because the group were standing in close proximity outside the school in Hobgreen Road, Pedmore.

Mr Stelling said the women heard the sound of a car engine being revved loudly and they then saw the vehicle with two wheels on the pavement and the other two on the road.

The car was then deliberately driven at them and the youngest child with the group was thrown over the wall of a nearby garden to avoid being struck.

He told the five man seven woman jury: "Thankfully no-one suffered serious injury but inevitable there were cuts, bumps and bruises. There were no broken bones but that was simply down to good fortune."

He alleged the decision to mount the pavement was an attempt to cause "each and everyone" in the group serious injury with many of them having to receive hospital treatment.

Campbell, claimed Mr Stelling, then reversed the vehicle before driving from the scene but he was recognised by women in the group.

After his arrest by police Campbell, aged 30, said "very little" in interview but he did and still does assert he was not behind the wheel of the car,

Campbell, of Vickers Walk, Stourbridge, has denied dangerous driving and seven charges of attempting to cause grievous bodily harm.

It was the job of the prosecution, Mr Stelling told the jury, to prove he was the driver in the incident.

"If you are satisfied it was Kevin Campbell then his deliberate manoeuvring onto the pavement leaves no question as to what was in his mind as to what his intention was," said Mr Stelling.

Deborah Arthur told the court as the time she was in a relationship with Jason Campbell - the brother of the defendant - and that had caused difficulties with other people who were friends with his previous girlfriend.

She said that as she walked to the school she saw two women and unpleasant words were exchanged before she saw one of them making a telephone call.

"I just had the feeling something was going to happen," she added as she told how she had sent a text message to Jason Campbell.

She said she carried on walking when she heard the screeching of wheels and as the car drove towards them, she stepped back into the road while others moved towards the wall.

Miss Arthur said she then saw her daughter flying into the air and her friend landing by her. "The car then reversed and drove straight off. I saw the person in the car. It was Kevin Campbell."

She said she had been so close to the vehicle she actually touched the bonnet before going to find her daughter who fortunately had not been hurt.

The trial in front of Judge Barry Berlin is continuing and expected to last for up to two weeks.