The daughter of Sussex Chief Constable Paul Whitehouse is accused of kicking a police officer in the head after being arrested on suspicion of pushing her boyfriend out of a window.

Frances Whitehouse, 19, of Prince Edward Road, Lewes, is alleged to have insulted another officer, calling him "no hope, low-life scum" and adding: "My dad was a deputy chief constable at 29 - how old are you?"

Whitehouse has denied assaulting PC Christopher Cox and using threatening, abusive or insulting behaviour against PC Andrew Salmon.

Brighton magistrates heard that police were called to St Aubyns, Hove, early on May 14 to find Lloyd Smith lying injured in a basement after falling through a first-floor window.

He was bleeding, surrounded by broken glass and told officers he had no memory of how he had fallen.

Sunil Rupasinha, prosecuting, said Whitehouse was arrested on suspicion of being involved in her boyfriend's fall from the window.

Then she was arrested again for insulting the officer, and finally for assaulting the other constable, the court was told.

Mr Rupasinha said: "She was hysterical and abusive throughout most of the incident."

When police arrived, Whitehouse denied she was Mr Smith's girlfriend. The officers arrested her on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm. The court heard she was never charged in connection with the fall.

Whitehouse was handcuffed and put in the back of a police car, where she allegedly insulted PC Salmon, who arrested her.

He denied he had whistled and smirked when he realised Whitehouse was his boss's daughter.

He said Whitehouse, whom he described as being drunk, was abusive in the back of the car and complained the handcuffs were too tight.

He said she started kicking at the door and he was fearful she would break the window.

He said: "On every occasion somebody has sworn at me I have dealt with the matter by means of an arrest. I don't think anybody should talk to anybody like that. It was disgusting."

The other officer, PC Cox, got into the police car and when he turned around to look at her she kicked him in the head, the court heard.

He said: "I grabbed her legs because I was frightened she would do it again. I arrested her for assaulting me. PC Salmon got into the rear seat and helped to restrain her."

At the police station she told officers she could not remember saying the words alleged and she would apologise to him, the court heard. She said she had accidentally kicked the other officer in the head.

The trial continues.