Woman put knife through letterbox

A WOMAN put a k n i fe through the letterbox of a man she falsely believed was bullying her daughter.

Agnes Gillespie, 58, also threatened to stab a woman during the bizarre incident in a common close on Craigowan Road.

Gillespie had turned up at the block where her daughter lives after being told she was being bullied by her neighbours.

Prosecutor Lora Apostolova told Dundee Sheriff Court that on the day in question, a resident heard her banging and opened his door. He saw Gillespie who said: “Tell your ******* wife to leave my daughter alone.”

The man shut his door but after doing so, he saw a knife appear through his letterbox before Gillespie removed it. Ms Lora Apostolova said: “Another witness came into the close and saw the accused shouting and told the accused she was at the wrong door before asking her to leave.

“The accused turned round to her and said ‘I’m going to ******* stab you, don’t you go near my ******* daughter again or there’s going to be more trouble.’” Gillespie continued to shout in the close until the police arrived.

She was traced in her daughter’s flat and was arrested.

Gillespie, of Candle Lane, pleaded guilty to shouting, swearing, repeatedly banging on a door, making violent threats and pushing a knife through a letterbox on November 16 last year.

Defence solicitor Jim Caird said that both Gillespie and her daughter have learning difficulties.

He said Gillespie’s daughter was previously in supported accommodation but had moved into the block on her own.

Mr Caird said: “She (Gillespie) had received a call from her daughter indicating she had been bullied by neighbours and she just behaved in this entirely wrongful and inappropriate manner. She appears to have had a drink at the time.”

Sheriff Lorna Drummond deferred sentence until April for social work reports.

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