Racist loutis refusing tocomply
A foul-mouthed woman who launched an unprovoked racial attack on a Specsavers worker has refused a psychological assessment.
Louise Thompson spat and racially abused Rebecca Chan on September 29 last year.
Cops arrested the 27-yearold in October; then she appeared at Paisley Sheriff Court on November 3 where she was released on bail with conditions not to enter Specsavers in The Avenue shopping centre, Newton Mearns, or to approach or contact Ms Chan.
However, the very next day, Thompson turned up at the store and made a “beeline” for Ms Chan where she went on to carry out an unprovoked attack – issuing multiple racial slurs.
Prosecutor David Gallagher previously told the court: “Thompson swore and shouted at Chan, ‘Get back to your f ***** g country’ and ‘Go back to your communist country’.
Defence agent Ms Miller told the court a criminal justice social report had been carried out on Thompson which recommended a psychological assessment.
Ms Miller said: “She’s not willing to comply with such as assessment. She doesn’t want one done.”
Sheriff Eoin McGinty stated: “I understand you don’t want an assessment but that would only leave me with one option and I don’t want to be left with just one option so I’d like to attempt one.”
Thompson, described as a prisoner at Edinburgh, was remanded in custody meantime and will return to court next month.
Rotary Club rally to help victims in Syria andTurkey
Shoppers at Braehead are being urged to donate to the Red Cross emergency appeal this weekend following the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.
The shopping centre is hosting bucket collections in the mall by the Rotary Club of Renfrew today and tomorrow between 10am and 6pm.
The Red Cross Turkey-Syria Earthquake Appeal is raising money to assist the rescue effort by providing emergency First Aid and helping evacuate people from the disaster areas.
More than 20,000 have been killed and thousands more injured in the earthquakes earlier this week as hundreds of buildings collapsed.
On Monday a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey near the city of Gaziantep, devastating parts of the country and also neighbouring Syria.
It was followed by a series of powerful aftershocks.
Then a second earthquake of 7.5 magnitude hit the Elbistan district around 80 miles north of Gaziantep. President of the Rotary Club of Renfrew, Marion Wallace, said: “We’ve all seen the harrowing pictures on television of the effects of the earthquakes and the frantic rescue efforts to save people still trapped in the rubble of their homes and workplaces.
“This is the time for people of all nations to come together and help in these rescue efforts.”
Gary Louttit, chairman of the Rotary Club of Renfrew’s international committee, commented: “We hope by having our members carrying out bucket collections at Braehead for the Red Cross emergency appeal, we’re giving everyone the chance to do something to help those caught up in this humanitarian disaster.
“We must thank Braehead for allowing us to use the centre and give us access to a large footfall for our fundraising efforts during a busy weekend of shopping.”
Peter Beagley, Braehead centre director, said: “We’re doing all we can to help Gary and the Rotary members collect as much as possible for the rescue effort following the earthquakes.
“We would encourage shoppers to give whatever they can to the Red Cross Appeal and keep an eye out for the collectors wearing red jackets and carrying red buckets where donations can be made.”
The fundraiser comes one day after the UK Government pledged to match fund up to £5 million in donations made by the British public to the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC).
The DEC appeal for Turkey and Syria opened yesterday and aims to raise millions to ensure essential aid is delivered to the regions affected.
People can donate online by logging on to https://www.dec.org.uk/appeal/turkeysyria-earthquake-appeal