Woman slapped barman

A woman has been ordered to pay £100 compensation to a barman after she slapped him across the face sending him down a flight of stairs, a court was told.

Suzanne Allison, aged 28, of 26 Catalina Avenue, Oban, appeared at Oban Sheriff Court on December 2 for sentence.

Procurator fiscal David Glancy told the court the incident happened just before 10pm on June 9 2019 at The Cellar Bar on Corran Esplanade. The accused and another person entered the bar. The barman knew them both and asked the other person to leave. At the top of a flight of stairs, the accused became ‘belligerent’ towards him and slapped his face causing him to fall downstairs.

The barman then ejected her but was struck again as he did so suffering a bump to his head and a cut on his left eye, said Mr Glancy .

Allison pled guilty to other charges relating to February 26 this year. These involved behaving in a threatening manner at 6 McKelvie Road and throwing various items, resulting in £400 of damage. On the same date, she assaulted a policewoman at the same address. Solicitor Ruben Murdanagium told the court Allison had never drunk vodka before and had ‘over-reacted’ on June 9.

She was very sorry for what had happened and accepted her behaviour was unacceptable and had felt very remorseful, he said.

Of damaging the property, she had sent a card of apology and had written to indicate she would be prepared to pay for the broken items, said Mr Murdanagium.

The court heard Allison had 'underlying' issues but was doing an educational course and she had not tried to justify or minimise her behaviour.

She was co-operating with professionals and was responding positively, he said.

Sheriff Patrick Hughes ordered she pay compensation to the barman.

For the assault and damage, he said she must complete 200 hours of a community payback order and be under the supervision of a social worker for two years and pay £400 compensation for the damage.