A DRUNKEN woman who shouted and swore abuse at police officers was fined £200 at Dundee Sheriff Court.
Helen Warden, 57, of Watson Street, committed the offence when officers were within her home on December 31 last year.
Police had received an anonymous call at 12.20am regarding a disturbance at a property on the street.
Fiscal depute Joanne Smith said: “When police attended, the accused answered the door.
“She was under the influence of alcohol and began to shout and swear.”
Officers went into her home to talk about the disturbance and repeatedly asked her to sit down in the living room.
The fiscal continued: “She continued to shout and swear, telling police to leave.
“She repeatedly refused to sit down and shouted abuse at them.”
Warden was then arrested due to her behaviour and taken to police headquarters where she struggled with police at the charge bar.
Solicitor Jim Caird, defending, told the court Warden had no recollection of the incident.
Mr Caird said: “It all comes down to too much drink. She doesn’t remember any of this and she’s genuinely appalled with her behaviour.
“She’s a first offender and has never been arrested before.”
Warden admitted behaving in a threatening or abusive manner, at a property on Watson Street and at police headquarters, on December 31 last year.
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