More hours for woman

An out-of-control Shawhead woman who threatened to infect a police officer with hepatitis C has been given extra unpaid work after breaching her court order punishment.

Elizabeth Quinn put the male constable through a terrifying experience at Coatbridge police office on March 2 last year.

Police had earlier been called out to Quinn’s home street – Clunie Place – and were subjected to violent threats, sectarian remarks and a foul-mouthed outburst when placing her under arrest.

Quinn, 33, continued her raucous behaviour en route to the police station and on arrival at the Whittington Street venue, turned on the male officer.

She informed the constable that she had hepatitis C before cutting herself and drawing blood. Crazed Quinn then lunged at the officer and tried to wipe her blood on him in a chilling attempt to infect him with her disease.

Quinn entered a guilty plea to her deplorable conduct and was sentenced to a community payback order which included unpaid work at Airdrie Sheriff Court on August 10.

But Quinn failed to complete her hours of work in the allocated time period and was brought back to the dock last week.

Defence solicitor Rowan Myles told the court his client admitted breaching her order and said Quinn was in a position to “carry out more hours of unpaid work”.

Sheriff Derek O’Carroll then told Quinn:“I am going to vary the order and you will carry out an additional 50 hours of unpaid work.

“I will extend the date for completion of the hours by two months.”