Drunk hit barmaid after pinching a chip
A DRUNK who foolishly mixed alcohol with prescription pills branded a barmaid a “f**king tramp” after pinching a chip from a plate.
Lyndsay Gunning slapped her victim and later scratched a police support officer when she was arrested for her boozy behaviour.
Glasgow Sheriff Court was told that it was around 7pm on the night of the incident when a barmaid spotted the 40-year-old accused in the rear hall of the Robert Burns Masonic Lodge in Baillieston.
The witness wasn’t concerned about Gunning’s presence and instead sat down to eat some food with a workmate. During their meal, the complainer’s friend got up from her seat to go behind the bar. The accused, who was now sat nearby, used the opportunity to nab a chip from the missing woman’s plate.
When challenged by the complainer, Gunning called the barmaid a “f**king tramp”.
She ignored repeated requests to leave the lodge, branding the witnesses “c**ts, pigs and tramps”.
She then struck the complainer her on the left-hand side of the face with an open palm. The accused managed to get another slap in before the victim’s friend came to the rescue. At around 7.50pm she was spotted by police staggering across a road. The accused approached for help as she was lost and didn’t know how to get home. The officers made enquiries and were notified of the disturbance at the masonic lodge.
During her arrest, Gunning shouted: “What are you looking at, you f**king bomber?”
She then scratched a support officer on the hand when taken to the station for processing.
Gunning later pleaded guilty to acting in an aggressive manner and committing assault at the Robert Burns Masonic Lodge in Church Street on September 2, last year. She also pleaded guilty to uttering offensive remarks in Baillieston’s Buchanan Street, as well as scratching a support officer at Cathcart Police Station.
In defence it was explained that Gunning mixed prescription medication with alcohol and was extremely embarrassed by her behaviour.
Sheriff Tony Kelly deferred sentence until July 13 for the accused, of Westerhouse Road, to be of good behaviour.