Drove through roundabout

A thoughtless motorist who drove dangerously through the Whifflet area of Coatbridge has been banned from the road for the next two years.

Kay Walker was driving at “excessive speed” on Carfin Street and Calder Street, causing her vehicle to mount a pavement.

Her reckless behaviour on January 4 also led to her car driving through a roundabout. Fortunately no-one was injured and Walker, 21, was taken into police custody.

The native of Dalry in North Ayrshire pleaded guilty to her dangerous driving at Airdrie Sheriff Court and a deferral was ordered for social work reports.

Walker made her way back to the dock last week and her defence solicitor, Frankie Morgan, told the court his client was “extremely apologetic for her reckless driving” and realised the consequences could have been more severe.

Passing sentence, Sheriff Morag Shankland told Walker: “You are to be disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver’s licence for the next two years.”

Sheriff Shankland also sentenced Walker to a community payback order, as a “direct alternative to a custodial sentence”, that will see Walker supervised for the next year.

Hospital tirade

A sheriff has handed down a supervision punishment to a foul- mouthed woman who threatened to kill her partner at Monklands Hospital.

Lisa Ann Walsh made the chilling threat while attending the hospital on June 1.

The foul-tempered 31-year-old also shouted and swore to place others in the hospital in a state of fear and alarm with her disruptive actions.

Walsh, who lives in Bellshill, owned up to the offence and was back for sentencing at Airdrie Sheriff Court last week following the completion of background reports.

Her defence solicitor, Gavin Lawson, requested that his client be given a community-based disposal.

Presiding sheriff, Morag Shankland, adhered to Mr Lawson’s plea and sentenced Walsh to a community payback order as a “direct alternative to custody” that will see her placed under supervision for the next year.

Drugs charge

A troubled man once described as having “an extremely poor record for one so young” has fallen foul of the law once again after being caught with a Class A drug.

Ryan McAleese was found in possession of diamorphine at a property on Dunbeth Road in Coatbridge on September 30 last year.

He was subsequently arrested and taken to Coatbridge police office, before later entering a guilty plea at Airdrie Sheriff Court.

McAleese, 22, was previously jailed for nine months in 2015 for causing a disturbance at a Coatbridge petrol station – his solicitor at that time highlighting his “poor record”.

He avoided a similar fate when appearing in the dock last week.

And after hearing background reports on the Bellshill native had been completed, Sheriff Morag Shankland decided to sentence McAleese to a community payback order.

He will be under supervision for the next year, and Sheriff Shankland told McAleese this order was “a direct alternative to a financial penalty”.

Order revoked

A vicious Moodiesburn man who assaulted a stunned cop and violently resisted arrest during an angry confrontation has had his court order punishment revoked.

Robert Whyte had previously been sentenced to a community payback order with 70 hours’ unpaid work after kicking the stricken male officer on the body.

The aggressive 37- year- old had also struggled violently and lashed out at two constables with his arms and legs while they tried to take him into custody from the scene on Hilltop Road, also in Moodiesburn.

The disturbing incident took place on August 29, 2015, and Whyte, of Braeside Avenue, received his punishment at Airdrie Sheriff Court last December after admitting his guilt.

When sentencing Whyte, Sheriff Morag Shankland told him: “Given the passage of time [since the incident] and the steps you have taken, I will impose a community payback order with 70 hours’ unpaid work, which you will do within the next five months.”

Whyte returned to the dock last week and after hearing he had engaged with his community payback order, Sheriff Shankland said: “I am going to revoke the order and make no further order.”

Breached bail

Breaching bail led to an absent-minded Coatbridge woman being hit in the pocket in court.

Andrea Renicks defied court conditions that required her to sign on“every Monday” at Coatbridge police office.

Perhaps still feeling the effects of her New Year’s Day celebrations, she failed to show up at the Whittington Street venue on January 2 and was later traced and arrested by police officers.

Renicks, 27, owned up to the breach and was back at Airdrie Sheriff Court to face the music last week after a deferral for background reports.

The Jackson Court resident was told by Sheriff Morag Shankland: “I have decided that you will be fined £100.”

You are to be disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver’s licence for the next two years