A woman told police she would bite their “face off” after they attended a potential gas leak at her home.
Michelle Watson, 32, called the fire brigade as she feared gas was leaking into her home on Aberdeen’s Richmond Walk and could cause an accident.
However, when fire crews arrived they found her gas cooker wasn’t installed and the boiler wasn’t even working.
As Watson was arrested on another matter she became aggressive, issuing threats and racial abuse.
Fiscal depute Andrew McMann told the court that at around 4.15pm on November 6 last year police officers were asked to attend after Watson had reported a suspected gas leak.
Accused racially abused police officer
Upon arriving at Richmond Walk, police found the fire brigade was already in attendance.
After an inspection of the property, the fire service found no evidence of a gas leak and noticed that Watson’s gas cooker wasn’t even installed.
They also discovered that the boiler for the flat wasn’t working anyway.
When police officers arrested Watson on an unrelated matter and she immediately became “agitated and aggressive”, Mr McMann said.
He added: “The accused began shouting and swearing at the officers, during which time she stated ‘I’m going to bite your face off.’
“She also referred to one officer as a ‘fat foreign c**t’.
“The accused also stated ‘I couldn’t get out so I called the fire brigade’.”
Watson pleaded guilty to one charge of behaving in a threatening or abusive manner and making threats of violence and racist remarks.
She also admitted a number of other charges including assaulting a woman on Christmas Day, shoplifting and assaulting a police officer by kicking her.
‘She doesn’t remember long swathes of what happened’
Defence agent Kevin Longino told the court that at the time of these offences Watson had a “very substantial substance abuse problem”.
“Her life was in complete chaos at this point,” he said.
“It doesn’t excuse her behaviour but she doesn’t remember long swathes of what happened.
“Since then she has made a distinct change to her life, but she still has a long way to go.”
Sheriff Lesley Johnston told Watson she had “really turned things round” for herself in the last year.
She added: “You have a number of matters before us today and I need to decide the best overall sentence.”
As an alternative to a prison sentence, Sheriff Johnston sentenced Watson, of Park Road, Aberdeen, to a community payback order with supervision for 12 months and ordered her to carry out 145 hours of unpaid work.
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