Drunk woman slapped man, got into fight, and attacked police vehicle

At the Queens Hotel, Bowhill, she assaulted a man#. <i>(Image: Google)</i>
At the Queens Hotel, Bowhill, she assaulted a man#. (Image: Google)
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A 23-year-old woman assaulted her partner and another man then spat on a female police officer during a disturbance at a hotel.

Devyn Hall committed “an outrageous catalogue of bad behaviour”. She slapped a man, got into a fight, shouted, swore and kicked a police vehicle.

Hall, of Chiefs Close, Commercial Street, Kirkcaldy, has appeared for sentencing at Dunfermline Sheriff Court.

She admitted that on May 3 at the Queens Hotel, Bowhill, she assaulted a man by striking him to the head.

She then assaulted her partner by striking him to the head and scratching his body, to his injury.

She also assaulted a police officer by spitting on her.

Hall further admitted that she shouted, swore, acted aggressively, engaged in a fight and repeatedly kicked a police vehicle.

Depute fiscal Azrah Yousaf said a charity event had been taking place at the hotel and Hall had been asked to leave because of her “highly intoxicated” state.

A man was escorting her outside when she slapped him on the face.

Shortly afterwards there was “a large group of people fighting in the car park” and Hall “was in the middle of it”.

Her then partner had approached her and she hit him.

Police arrived and Hall spat at an officer which resulted in her being arrested and put in a spit-hood.

Defence solicitor Elaine Buist said: “She was struggling with the use of ketamine at the time. She’s extremely embarrassed about being here.”

Sheriff Krista Johnston told Hall: “This was an outrageous catalogue of bad behaviour. It was violent, disruptive and it’s quite disgusting to spit at anybody.”

She imposed a community payback order with nine months of supervision and 50 hours of unpaid work.

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