Teenager tells how ‘Tazmanian Devil in pyjamas’ attacked her

Court told that raging mum booted teen in the face

A pyjama- clad mum battered her neighbour after whirling into her 17th birthday party like the Tazmanian devil, a court heard.

Lisa McLay, 29, stormed into the teen’s home and is charged with repeatedly booting her in the face during a row over noise.

She was compared to the cartoon savage over claims she pounced on the teen and her mother.

McLay denied assaulting the pair during a trial at Paisley Sheriff Court.

The girl, 17, told how around 20 family and friends had gathered in her living room and garden for the bash when McLay arrived.

She said: “Everyone was having fun and jumping around to the music.

“At first, I thought it was two friends arguing. I walked into the living room to see this woman attacking my mum.

“She was holding my mum by the hair.

“My mum didn’t know what to do. She was in shock. I walked over and pushed her off my mum.

“She got up and went to grab me and got hold of my hair.

“She booted me in the belly twice then booted my face.

“It happened all so fast. She let go of my hair and I fell to the floor. “I felt traumatised.” The court heard the girl had invited around 15 teenage pals for a boozy Linwood house party.

A handful of adults sat inside while the group drank outside f rom around 7.30pm on August 17.

McLay turned up at the back garden and is accused of heading inside before kicking off around three hours later.

The birthday girl’s mum, 33, compared the intruder to cartoon character the Tazmanian devil.

She said: “She was screaming whose house was it and that I was a slag. She was shouting and grabbing people.

“She was screaming that her children were in their beds. “She was grabbing at my hair. “It reminded me of a cartoon when I was young. Tazmania it was called. She was just so fast and strong, it was like a whirlwind.”

The court heard violence spilled back out in the garden.

McLay allegedly lashed out again as police arrived to breakup the row.

She is also accused of spitting at a cop after she was taken to the police station.

She pled not guilty to the charge and one of acting in a threatening or abusive manner.

Defence lawyer David Nicholson insisted his client was the real victim.

He maintained she had heard blaring music and screaming from across the street and asked for the noise to be kept down because her children were sleeping.

The brief claimed she was attacked by teens before she ran into the house for cover and was met by hostile neighbours.

He told the court McLay was the one who was assaulted during the rammy and pals and family at the party had conspired to lay the blame with her.

The trial before Sheriff Craig Harris continues.