Woman blasted police with racist abuse as they tried to give her lift

A Macduff woman hurled racist abuse at police giving her a lift home – after drunkenly becoming confused as to why she was in the car.

Carol-Anne Murdoch, 34, attacked officers and repeatedly called them derogatory terms as officers drove her home from Banff police station.

Aberdeen Sheriff Court heard Murdoch appeared to realise she was in the back of the car and panicked, lashing out at officers and telling them she would spit on them and she “had diseases”.

Fiscal depute Brian Young told the court that at around 1am on August 16 2020 Murdoch went to Banff police station to report a matter but was “volatile and aggressive”.

As officers then attempted to drive her home she tried to escape from the car by climbing over the front seat.

“The car was stopped and the accused was removed,” Mr Young said. “At this time, she swung her left arm in an attempt to punch a constable in the face. The accused continued to flail her arms aggressively and was handcuffed.”

Murdoch then stated she would spit in another officer’s face and told him she had “diseases”.

She was put back into the police car and while being driven to Fraserburgh police station continued to verbally abuse the officers.

As Murdoch was waiting to be booked into custody she shouted: “You think these cuffs will stop me strangling you?”

She then repeatedly called officers the n-word and vomited on the floor and said: “You’ve got to clean that.”

Murdoch pleaded guilty to assault and behaving in a threatening or abusive manner.

Defence agent Leonard Burkinshaw said his client was “still under the influence” when she entered Banff police station at 1am.

He added: “When she realised she was in the back of the police car she thought something else was happening.”

Sheriff Andrew Miller told Murdoch, of Millburn Court, she had behaved in an “outrageous manner”.

Sheriff Miller handed her a community payback order with supervision for 12 months and 120 hours of unpaid work.

Carol-Anne Murdoch.