Rowdy is back in the dock after cop bust-up

Woman had to be handcuffed following argument

24.08.2017 A menace who was locked up after a catalogue of anti-social behaviour landed back in court after her latest bust-up with police.

Charlene Jackson, who won’t be released back into the community until November, has been given a further three-month stretch for the fresh outburst that happened at her home in Paisley’s Stock Street, on April 30.

The town’s sheriff court heard how police went to her address at 5.30pm to respond into an incident that did not directly involve her

However, when they arrived, Jackson made it clear she was not happy about their presence and started shouting and swearing.

She became increasingly abusive, told them to “f**k off” and that they were “pr***s” and started to slam doors inside the property.

The officers tried to calm her down, but she continued to act aggressively and was handcuffed.

Depute fiscal Pamela Flynn told the court that as they did so, she said “finally”, in a sarcastic tone.

In court, the 29-year-old admitted behaving in a threatening or abusive manner by acting aggressively towards PCs Adam Whitehead and Andrew Hamilton, by repeatedly shouting, swearing, slamming a door and failing to stop when ordered to do so.

Defence agent Michael McKeown was critical of the way police handled the situation saying that it was now widely known that his client was an individual with an unstable personality disorder.

“She made it perfectly clear that she wasn’t prepared to engage with them and they didn’t get the message,” he said.

The lawyer stressed that Jackson was an individual with serious difficulties who had become somewhat institutionalised and said he hoped the court would accept that the offence was “at the lower end of the scale,” particularly as it occurred in her own home.

After studying the accused’s record, Sheriff David Hall described her record as “deplorable,” and said that in all of the circumstances, he would restrict the jail term to three months “from today” so that it would not interfere with her upcoming date of liberation.