Monica Francis Clarke unleashed a tirade of abuse at police who had simply asked her to head home.

Clarke, 51, had been found lying down on an Albury roundabout, then later fell asleep on a footpath.

Clarke will be sentenced in Albury Local Court on March 23.

She pleaded guilty this week to two counts of assault police in execution of their duty and single charges of use offensive language and carrying a cutting implement.

The case against Clarke initially had been set down this week for sentence.

Clarke’s erratic behaviour and foul language were outlined in police facts handed to magistrate Michael Crompton.

Police were called to the intersection of Bralgon and Wantigong streets in North Albury on January 12 in response to reports of a woman passed out at the intersection.

They soon realised it was Clarke on the small area of concrete in the middle of the roundabout.

They started talking to Clarke, who immediately began to hurl abuse.

Clarke was told to stop swearing and go home, as she lived nearby.

Soon after police were called to an intersection in Mate Street, where Clarke was found asleep.

They spoke to her but she didn’t respond, so one of the officers gave her a tap.

With that Clarke jumped to her feet and began swearing at them, then after about 10 seconds punched the officer.

When told she had to get into the cage at the back of the police vehicle, Clarke responded: “Good I have a bed for the night.”

She later challenged one of the female arresting officers to a fight in the cage and spat on one of them.

Clarke was later seen removing from near her waist what an officer rightly thought was a sheathed knife.

Clarke threw the knife, which had a 12-centimetre blade, at the ground when taken out of the cage at Albury police station.