A woman gave police officers “dog’s abuse” outside an Aberdeen city centre licensed premises after her pal was thrown out.
Lorna Davie, 57, became annoyed as bouncers at the bar/restaurant on Langstane Place threw out her friend and began using her mobile phone to film the scene.
But when police officers turned up she started shouting and swearing. Fiscal depute Lynzi Souter told Aberdeen Sheriff Court officers found Davie “shouting and alleging that door stewards had assaulted” her friend at 10.30pm.
Mrs Souter said officers then seized her phone as evidence before Davie “began to repeatedly shout and swear at officers, making various derogatory comments towards them”.
She was then arrested and lashed out while being put in the back of a police van, kicking one officer on the shin.
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Davie, of Beattie Avenue, Aberdeen, pled guilty to behaving in a threatening or abusive manner and to assaulting a police officer on April 11.
Defence lawyer Mike Monro told the court: “This is the proverbial sledge hammer to crack a nut.”
He said his client, who had been drinking, became “annoyed” at the way the person was being put out of the premises, and when police turned up and saw her filming, they “grabbed hold of her and took the phone”.
Mr Monro said: “Four police officers then appear out of a police van. They see my client and they grab hold of her and they took the phone.”
He added: “She gave them, if I can use the phrase, dog’s abuse.”
Sheriff William Summers said: “I’m sure this is not the most serious charge I’ll deal with today.” He fined Davie £225.
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