Threats to harm cops

Drunken tirade

A Plean woman found inside a car in the early hours threatened to harm police officers and their families during a drunken tirade.

Ann Marie Fowler had been discovered by officers in an agitated state in a car in Cushenquarter Drive in the early hours of April 8 last year

The 31-year-old, of nearby Torburn Avenue, admitted charges of behaving in a threatening and abusive manner, aggravated by prejudice relating to sexual orientation, and failing to provide two specimens of breath for analysis.

The fiscal depute told Stirling Sheriff Court on Wednesday that police had received several anonymous calls about 3am that morning about a female in a car believed to be intoxicated.

Officers attended and located the accused. She was dishevelled and barefoot. They also noticed she was smelling of alcohol.

Police made numerous attempts to speak to Fowler and establish the circumstances for their attendance.

However, she appeared highly agitated and refused to engage with them, said the fiscal depute.

Fowler was asked by officers several times to calm down and sit within the police vehicle for a test to be carried out. But she refused and was handcuffed.

Once placed in the rear of the police car Fowler began to shout and scream and threaten police officers. She said: ‘When I find your wife she’ll get shot.’

She also made insulting remarks about an officer’s looks and said: ‘I hope your daughter dies of cancer.’

The abuse continued until they arrived at Falkirk Police Office. When she was required to provide a specimen of breath, Fowler said: ‘F*** your mother. C***.

Her lawyer told Sheriff Wyllie Robertson that Fowler accepted full responsibility, adding: “I know from her attendance at [my] office numerous times she is disappointed and upset. She doesn’t shy away from her behaviour.”

Fowler had been in an abusive relationship in the past which had had a traumatic impact on her, the solicitor explained.

He added that she had been diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and sees a psychiatrist in Stirling once a month.

Her criminal record comprised road traffic matters mostly, but there was a similar previous conviction.

She had been given a community payback order in the past which had been successful, the lawyer said.

He asked Sheriff Robertson to defer sentence to await the outcome of another complaint which was due to call at Hamilton Sheriff Court later this month.

Sheriff Robertson agreed and deferred sentence until February 6.