A trainee steeplejack who attacked a nightclub bouncer in Aberdeen with a metal bucket and a concrete paving slab has been fined.
Samantha Still had been at the Garage nightclub in the city centre with her partner when the pair became involved in a row with the staff.
When the door stewards removed her from the club on Windmill Brae, the 26-year-old became aggressive and lashed out at employee Alan Sim.
As she was taken outside, she picked up a metal bucket and swung it at his head. She subsequently picked up a triangular piece of paving stone and attempted to clobber him with it.
Then, when police questioned her about the attack, she told them it was a “massive LOL”.
Yesterday, Still, of 3 Gairsay Drive, Aberdeen, appeared at the city’s sheriff court and admitted assaulting Mr Sim on November 14.
Fiscal depute Colin Neilson said: “Alan Sim, the complainer, was employed at the locus as a door steward. He did not know the accused.
“At about 2am on the morning in question, the complainer was standing at the rear door where customers can enter the smoking area when he heard staff were having issues with the accused in the bar area.”
The court heard that Mr Sim decided to go through to see if he could help his colleagues remove Still from the club.
Mr Neilson added: “She was not willing to go and attempted to regain entry to the club before picking up a silver, metal bucket which she swung at the complainer, striking him on the head.
“She then picked up a triangular piece of concrete slab and attempted to throw it at the complainer. Witnesses intervened and took it from her hands before she was able to do this.
“The accused was interviewed by the police and replied to the caution and charge: ‘Massive LOL’.”
Representing Still, solicitor Graeme Murray said his client, a trainee steeplejack, had been trying to protect her partner who had found herself in an argument with the bouncers.
He said that, when Still intervened, she was “manhandled” by the stewards and became annoyed at the way she had been treated.
He concluded that the incident was out of character for somebody who rarely found herself in any trouble.
Sheriff Christine McCrossan said the incident was a “nasty” assault.
She fined her £900.
