PC who plunged from this horse in £ 1m bid
Crushed in patrol fall
She sits astride big Tobermory, her police issue horse.
A month after this exclusive picture was taken, PC Alison Scott was crushed under him as he lost his footing during a cup final.
The South Ayrshire resident is now at the centre of national headlines for suing Police Scotland for a cool £ 1 million in damages.
Alison’s right leg was trapped under her steed and she suffered serious injuries to her foot and ankle.
The 50- year- old was unable to return to work after the incident outside Hampden Park in Glasgow on March 17, 2013.
Our picture on Tobermory was taken while she was on patrol in the centre of Kilmarnock on February 20.
Her action against the former chief constable of Police Scotland, Phil Gormley, is being contested.
In the case at the Court of Session in Edinburgh, the former officer maintains that her mount, Tobermory, had a history of behavioural issues.
These are said to have included unpredictability, aggression and falls.
It is claimed the fall in which she was injured was the sixth to be suffered by the horse, which has since died.
Alison said she was part of a mounted detail taking part in policing at Hampden for the CIS Cup Final between St Mirren and Hearts.
She claims her horse kicked out at another police horse next to it, striking its hind leg and drawing blood.
Mrs Scott said she later tried to move Tobermory out of the line of horses on duty to prevent further incident, but “he suddenly and without warning lost his footing and fell over”.
The horse was later sent to a horse welfare centre in Deeside but fell again and was put down in 2015.
Alison was medically retired from her job as a police officer in 2014. It is said she has been unable to return to riding, which she previously did competitively at show jumping events.
The chief constable insists she was a trained and experienced rider within the mounted branch and the service fulfilled all its common law duties to her.
A full hearing in the action is set down for three weeks of court time and is due to begin shortly.