Woman’s threats to police

A Callander woman who threatened cops during an outburst at Forth Valley Royal Hospital was this week sentenced to supervision and unpaid work.

Michelle Marshall, of Station Road, had admitted a charge of behaving in a threatening and abusive manner likely to cause a reasonable person to suffer fear and alarm – at the hospital, and at an address in Stirling’s Woodside Road – on April 28 last year.

The 44-year-old had acted in an aggressive manner, repeatedly shouted and swore, and uttered threats of violence towards police officers.

Not guilty pleas to charges of assaulting two police officers at the Woodside Road address on April 28, by kicking and attempting to elbow them on the head, were accepted by the Crown.

Marshall’s lawyer told Stirling Sheriff Court on Wednesday that a report prepared for the court pointed to mental health issues which had been exacerbated by Covid-19. This however was no excuse for the way she had behaved, he added.sheriff Keith O’mahony said the report did not give him many sentencing options, and mentioned that Marshall“feared” carrying out unpaid work. However, Marshall said she was willing to carry out unpaid work when asked by the sheriff.

He sentenced her to a Community Payback Order comprising 12 months supervision and 120 hours’ unpaid work, to be completed within 12 months.