WOMAN IS BEHIND BARS FOR STABBING MAN WITH D.I.Y TOOL
Attacker hit victim with screwdriver
Berryhill Berryhillprimarykickedoffthefestiveseason Primary kicked off the festive season in style with a brilliant Christmas Fayre.
Youngsters, and staff, wore their best Christmas jumpers for the fun-filled day. See pages 12-13 for more great pictures. A woman who stabbed a man with a screwdriver in Wishaw was also found to have a knife when police detained her. Christin Christina Madden, 35, a prisoner prisoner, appeared at Hamilton Sheriff Court on Friday and admitted assaulting the man on a path betw between Birkshaw Brae and Stanhope S Place in Gowkth Gowkthrapple while on bail on August Au 28. Madden also admitted having a knife and assaulting a police officer by spittin spitting on his face and trying to punch him. Sc Scott King, pr prosecuting, sa said Madden, the victim and ano another person had b been drinking at a flat in Birkshaw Br Brae. There was a di disagreement an and Madden le left, taking a sc s c re w d r i v e r sh she’d spotted fr from a window le ledge. The man and a another person le left the flat l later and were a approached by
Madden. Mr King told the court : “The accused produced the screwdriver from the waistband of her trousers and struck the victim on the back and neck with it.
“An ambulance was called and he was treated at the scene. He declined further medical treatment.
“A call was made to the police and CCTV operators were alerted. The accused was seen on the cameras to make her way to a playpark and police found her there.
“She produced the weapon, was instructed to drop it and threw it on to the grass. Madden spat at a police officer and tried to punch him on the face as she was being placed in the police vehicle.
“A lock back knife fell from her sock as she was being taken out of the vehicle at Motherwell Police Station.”
Fortunately the victim was not seriously injured. Sheriff Ray Small expressed concern that this was Madden’s fourth case involving a blade. Sentence was deferred until Jan 8 and she was remanded. The sheriff said: “You have a bad record for violence and I want a risk assessment to see if a supervised release order is recommended.”