Last chance saloon for out-of-control teenager

Sheriff’s warning to curfew breaker

An out-of-control yob has been handed her final chance to stay out of jail by a sheriff.

Caitlin Elliot, 19, who hounded and terrorised youngsters in Paisley, faces jail for flouting her curfew and refusing to obey court orders.

Elliot also previously sparked traffic mayhem by running between moving cars with other teenagers in the middle of the town.

The yob appeared at Paisley Sheriff Court for sentencing yesterday where she was given a stern warning by Sheriff Tom McCartney.

She was awaiting sentence on six different matters when the sheriff spared her jail as a last resort.

Sheriff Tom McCartney said: “You have admitted your breach of the community payback order.

“And I have all your other cases still to deal with.

“Looking at the circumstances of your offending, you may be looking at a lengthy period of detention, possibly a year in Cornton Vale.

“You are making it very difficult for me to find ways to keep you out of jail.”

The teenage terror was only freed from jail in the middle of January, after breaking her curfew and bail conditions.

She also refused to meet with the authorities to fix terms of her Community Payback Order ( CPO) forcing the court into handing her a stern warning.

Yesterday she admitted breaching her curfew as well as other bail aggravations.

Defence agent Tony Callahan urged the court grant her a final opportunity to prove she can tidy up her act.

He asked the sheriff to consider placing her on Renfrewshire Council’s Connections Programme to keep her out of prison.

Mr Callahan said: “If the court would consider giving her a place on the Connections Programme it would show she is capable of complying with the orders.”

Sheriff McCartney continued matters for one week to make inquiries about giving Elliot, of Ferguslie, Paisley, a place on the programme.

She will learn of her fate when she returns to court on March 29.