A thug deliberately drove his car at his sister and injured her after a family row boiled over into violence, a court heard.

“Miraculously”, Tina Barfoot escaped serious injury as she was thrown into the air and squashed between two cars.

Barfoot was on licence at the time from a long jail sentence for wounding a girlfriend, leaving her face scarred for life.

Now, the 29-year-old, of Cornwallis Avenue, Gillingham, has been jailed for six years under an extended sentence after a judge found he was a danger.

He will serve a minimum of four years before the parole board considers his release and be on licence for a further four years at the end of the six-year term.

Maidstone Crown Court heard there had been bad feeling in Barfoot’s extended family when he took the drastic action on November 13 last year.

He was said to have left work in his Ford Focus to go home out of concern for his partner.

Prosecutor Paul Jackson said as Barfoot reached Beechings Way in Gillingham he saw his sister on the pavement by her car.

Miss Barfoot’s ex-husband, who was talking to her in a layby, later told police the Focus accelerated and hit her at speed.

He added that she was sent through the air and ended up under her parked car. Barfoot quickly reversed and drove off.

A labourer who was carrying out work nearby said he saw the car drive across the lane straight at the victim after mounting the kerb.

Mr Jackson said Miss Barfoot described being hit from behind by her brother’s car.

When arrested soon afterwards, Barfoot said: “I am on licence. I won’t see my baby at Christmas now.”

He at first claimed he hit his sister accidentally when she ran across the road, but he admitted attempting to cause grievous bodily harm with intent and dangerous driving.

Barfoot was jailed for eight years in August 2010 for wounding with intent. He was released on licence having completed courses - including one for violence reduction.

Judge Philip Statman said of the latest offence: “It is nothing short of a miracle that she was not seriously injured. She is still profoundly affected by our actions.

“You used your vehicle as a weapon in order to cause her injury. I am prepared to accept you are now remorseful. Your sister forgives you.

“In the one moment that counted when you saw red and drove at your sister all you claimed to have learnt seems sadly to have gone out of your mind.”

Barfoot was given a four-year driving ban, which will start on his release. He will then have to take an extended test before being allowed back on the road.