Crime campus disturbance

A Gartcosh woman made a nuisance of herself by kicking a traffic bollard and struggling with cops outside the Scottish crime campus, a court heard.

Boozed-up Suzanne Muir, 30, was charged with behaving in a threatening and abusive manner near the stateof-the-art national police facility on May 30.

Muir, of nearby Craignethan Drive, pleaded guilty to her disruptive actions and reappeared for sentencing at Airdrie Sheriff Court last Wednesday.

The procurator fiscal told the court: “She was drunk and the police attended. They saw the accused kicking a traffic bollard and feared that she was unsteady on her feet and could be struck by passing cars.

“They took hold of her and she began struggling.”

Muir’s defence solicitor highlighted how his client recognised her behaviour was unacceptable, saying: “She accepts she should’ve gone straight home and agrees that the police were right to arrest her.”

Sheriff Morag Galbraith favoured leniency when dealing with Muir, telling her: “There is help available to you and you have to take it.

“One night in custody for this is quite enough; you are admonished and dismissed.”

Family attacked

Viciously assaulting her husband and daughter led to an ill-tempered Cairnhill woman being admonished in court.

Christine Guthrie kicked her other half on the body at a house on Rockcliffe Path in Chapelhall.

She then turned her fury on her terrified daughter by repeatedly pinching her on the body, seizing her by the neck and trying to choke her during the terrifying incident on February 16.

Guthrie, of Devon view Street, admitted her guilt and returned for sentencing at Airdrie Sheriff Court last week after being given the chance to be of good behaviour.

After hearing reports the 51-yearold had stayed clear of trouble, Sheriff Morag Galbraith told Guthrie: “You have done everything that was asked of you, so you are admonished and dismissed.”

Terrified partner

A thoughtless lout who placed his partner in a state of fear and alarm has been sentenced to unpaid work.

John Lambie, 27, shouted, swore and uttered offensive remarks towards the stricken woman at his old home on Braeside Crescent in Bargeddie on May 9.

Lambie, whose new address was given as Vesalius Street in the Shettleston area of Glasgow, admitted his guilt and during his return to Airdrie Sheriff Court last week for sentencing, the procurator fiscal told the court the abuse was dished out over the telephone and included Lambie calling his partner a “fat cow”.

The court also heard that foultempered Lambie and the woman have been in an on-off relationship for the past five years.

Passing sentence, Sheriff Morag Galbraith warned Lambie: “This behaviour was totally unacceptable and you are now carrying a conviction of domestic aggravation.

“I am prepared to deal with this with a community payback order with 80 hours’ unpaid work as an alternative to sending you to prison.

“You will carry out the work within the next three months.”

Breach denied

A Coatbridge man who stole a copper boiler from within his block of flats has avoided censure after being accused of breaching his court order.

Jamie Miller, 24, took the item from another address close to his Witchwood Court flat back on June 1, 2012.

He admitted the offence on July 10 of that year and was later fined and given a supervised attendance order at Airdrie Sheriff Court.

Miller was back in the dock last Wednesday to face accusations he breached the order, which he denied.

His defence solicitor, Darran Khorasani, explained his client’s reasons for not accepting the breach: “There are 42 of the 100 hours completed and the breach was in relation to his failure to attend appointments.

“But he has provided me with medical vouchers for all three of the dates involved.

“He is confident he can now complete the hours by September of this year.”

Sheriff Morag Galbraith acknowledged the explanation given and addressed Miller directly: “I will accept the medical evidence and make no further order and allow the order to continue.”

Assaulted his wife

A sheriff has admonished a Coatbridge man who grabbed his wife by the throat.

Robert Murray, 43, subjected his other half to the horrifying attack at his Henderson Street home on September 12 last year.

He entered a guilty plea at Airdrie Sheriff Court and was back to face the music in the dock last week after being given the opportunity to prove he could be of good behaviour.

It was revealed in court that Murray’s reports were clear of incident and he was told by the presiding sheriff, Morag Galbraith: “You have done everything asked of you, so you admonished and dismissed.”

She accepts she should’ve gone straight home and agrees that the police were right to arrest her