A Macduff woman hurled racist abuse at police officers giving her a lift home – after drunkenly becoming confused as to why she was in the car.
Carol-Anne Murdoch, 34, attacked police constables and repeatedly called them the n-word as officers drove her home from Banff police station.
Aberdeen Sheriff Court heard that 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 that she “had diseases”.
She also threatened to “slash” cops and vomited, ordering one constable to clean it up.
Accused threatened to spit on cops and told them 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” throughout.
As officers then attempted to drive her home she suddenly tried to escape from the car by climbing through the front seat.
“The car was stopped at Millburn Court 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 thereafter handcuffed.”
Murdoch then stated that she would spit in another constable’s face and told him she had “diseases”.
She was put back into the police car and whilst being driven to Fraserburgh Police Station but continued to verbally abuse the officers, calling them “piggy b****es”, “scruffy black b*****ds, “foreign b*****ds” and “scabby black w***e”.
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 to a constable: “You’ve got to clean that, b***h.”
‘This is an appalling way to behave’
Murdoch pled guilty to charges of assault and behaving in a threatening or abusive manner.
Defence agent Leonard Burkinshaw told the court that his client was “still under the influence” when she entered Banff Police Station at 1am.
He added: “When she realised she was back of the police car she thought something else was happening.”
Mr Burkinshaw also claimed Murdoch’s behaviour was a result of “problems in her personal life”.
Sheriff Andrew Miller told Murdoch, of Millburn Court, Macduff, that she had behaved in an “outrageous manner” towards officers who were “trying to help” her.
He added: “I hope you recognise that this is an appalling way to behave towards anyone.”
As an alternative to a prison sentence, Sheriff Miller handed Murdoch a community payback order with supervision for 12 months and 120 hours of unpaid work.
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