Sing ‘star’ has chance to keep out of trouble

Woman who sang at mum’s graveside back in dock

A Coatbridge woman who became an internet hit when a video of her singing at her mother’s graveside went viral has avoided jail – for repeatedly punching her mum.

Footage appeared earlier this year of Denise ‘Feminem’ Ferrie, 34, bizarrely performing 60s hit My Boy Lollipop in tribute to her late mother, Elizabeth McGeough.

The video received more than one million views with Ferrie, of Arnott Drive, going on to perform her rendition at popular nightclubs in a variety of places including Glasgow, Ayr and Hamilton.

Ferrie was arrested over outstanding warrants at a soldout performance at Glasgow’s Bar Budda in April, after police caught wind of her appearance

The Advertiser then revealed she had pleaded guilty to assaulting her mother in an attack which took place in 2015.

She also admitted to making racist remarks towards a police officer and breaking into a building with the intention of committing theft.

On top of this, Ferrie also skipped bail and missed court dates on several occasions.

She appeared back at Airdrie Sheriff Court last week, with her solicitor Paul Belardo blaming her absence from the dock the week before on “sickness”.

Sheriff Petra Collins deferred sentence on Ferrie for four months to allow her to be of good behaviour.

The sheriff warned her: “If you take this opportunity then it will go in your favour.

“If not, I will have to visit these cases again.

“When you return, a report from the police will be available in court which will hopefully show you’ve been of good behaviour.”

Going viral The video of Ferrie singing at her mother’s graveside has been viewed more than one millon times