An Arbroath woman who assaulted another woman in the town was sentenced to a community payback order at Forfar Sheriff Court.
Carla Ann Sinclair, of Noran Avenue, admitted that on April 6 2014 at Noran Avenue and St Thomas Crescent in Arbroath she assaulted Heather Munro.
The 30-year-old admitted that she jumped on her victim, causing her to fall to the ground before straddling her and repeatedly punching her to the head and kicking her on the body.
Sinclair then ran after Munro and punched her on the head to her injury.
She also admitted that on the same date that she behaved in a threatening or abusive manner which would cause fear or alarm by shouting and swearing and challenging the other woman to a fight.
Depute fiscal Jill Drummond said Munro was left with a scrape to her right eyelid, cut to her nose and clumps of her hair missing as a result of the attack.
Defence agent Nick Whelan said it was his client’s position that it was Munro who “started the violence”.
“Sinclair’s position is that she was struck first but she accepts that she took it too far,” he said.
He noted that the criminal justice social work report recommended Sinclair be placed on a high tariff structured deferred sentence, but Mr Whelan said his client felt her “lifestyle” was such that she would breach this order.
He was able to persuade Sheriff Pino Di Emidio to instead give Sinclair hours of unpaid work.
The sheriff imposed 60 hours of work, adding that Sinclair’s behaviour was “excessive”.