Woman locked up after sheriff declares 'jail was only option' for police assault
A 33-year-old Campbeltown woman has been sent to jail for a total of 66 days because there was no other option left for her.
“What am I going to do? I have bent over backwards to accommodate Miss Smith and she keeps throwing it back in my face,” said Sheriff Euan Cameron at the February sitting of the town’s sheriff court.
The court heard that Alice Smith, of Longrow, was in breach of previous community payback orders and she also admitted offences committed on May 10 last year.
She pleaded guilty to behaving in a threatening and abusive manner on Main Street, shouting, swearing and uttering threatening remarks, struggling with police, throwing herself to the ground in an attempt to prevent them from hand cuffing her and also to assaulting a police officer in the execution of his duty by repeatedly kicking him on the body.
The offences were committed while she was subject to an anti-social behaviour order made on November 12 2021.
Procurator fiscal David Bernard said that officers had seen her arguing with another woman, with both appearing to be “heavily intoxicated”.
He added that Smith said she was going to “break the other woman’s nose”.
“She was asked to desist but she began to shout and use offensive language and became abusive towards the officers,” said the fiscal.
One of them was kicked as Smith was being placed into the police van.
Her defence agent said that it was hoped that, looking at her record, Smith could free herself “from the revolving prison door”.
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