Police found an intoxicated woman behind the wheel of her car after it got stuck in the snow
Police found an intoxicated woman behind the wheel of her car after it got stuck in the snow, a court has heard.
Pamela Rattray was found at Lynebeg, near Inverness, on February 14. But Inverness Sheriff Court heard that when the 37-year-old was approached by officers, she became abusive, spat and attempted to bite one of them.
Rattray, of Galloway Drive, Smithton, then refused to provide a breath specimen.
Defence solicitor Clare Russell told Inverness Sheriff Court: “She is ashamed of her behaviour. But it was in the background of her being in a fraught state coupled with poor mental health.
“She is now back on her medication and has the support of her family.”
Rattray admitted behaving in an abusive manner, police assault and refusing to give a breath specimen.
She was placed on a community payback order with two year’s social work supervision and banned from driving for four years.
Police assaulted after attending car stuck in snow near Inverness
