Woman weeps in the dock as she denies assaulting children

Prosecutors also claim she tried to bribe a youngster

A woman broke down in tears as she faced allegations she battered two children and sobbed: “I want to go home.”

The accused, 35, is charged with punching and slapping a boy, 12, and raining down fists on a lad of six.

Prosecutors claim she tried to bribe another youngster to keep quiet.

She denied the claims and bawled from the dock during a hearing at Paisley Sheriff Court.

Sheriff Colin Pettigrew warned her he would lock her up unless she behaved.

He said: “Keep quiet – if you interrupt again, I’ll instruct the officers to take you downstairs and I’ll deal with you in your absence.

“You don’t want that, you want to hear what’s happening, so, please, keep quiet.”

The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is accused of attacking the boys at her home in Renfrew.

It is alleged she pummelled the older lad and repeatedly struck the younger child with a mobile phone.

She is also accused of spitting on her partner and booting him on the body.

The woman is also charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice by offering another child money to cover up assault.

The alleged attacks are claimed to have taken placed between July 9 and 12.

She was banned from returning to her property and was bailed to a homeless hostel earlier this month.

But the accused faces claims she flouted the order.

She was led to the cells after she began wailing when she was barred from heading home with her nine-month-old baby.

The woman could be heard crying, arguing and struggling with the security officers as she was taken downstairs.

Sheriff Pettigrew adjourned the breach of bail until later this year and continued consideration over lifting bail conditions forbidding her from returning to the family home until today.

He insisted a homeless unit was “not a place to have a ninemonth-old baby”.

The woman is expected to go on trial over the alleged assaults next month. Last- minute passengers could be missing out on their share of savings of more than £350,000 by waiting too late to book their travel.

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