A WOMAN placed a man in a situation which risked him breaching his bail conditions and then struggled violently with police.

Siobhan Northcote, of Glebe Place, Saltcoats, appeared at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court last week and pled guilty to two charges.

The court heard that at around 4.45pm on April 10, James Black was granted bail at Kilmarnock with the condition that he did not communicate directly or indirectly with Northcote.

Northcote, who was in the public bench when Black was released on condition, stormed out of the court, banging the doors behind her.

She was warned by police in the corridor where prisoners are released that Black could be placed back in custody if she communicated with him.

Black was released at about 5.20pm and officers saw Northcote, 21, running towards him shouting: “James, talk to me.”

He said: “Keep her away from me, I’ve not to talk to her.”

Northcote was warned again but police said that she wasn’t listening.

She tried to follow Black onto a bus while still shouting that she wanted to talk to him. There was then a struggle with police, whereby Northcote flailed her arms, pushed and pulled, repeatedly tried to break free and knocked one of the constable to the ground to his injury.

Northcote told police afterwards: “I didn’t mean any of this.”

Defending Northcote, solicitor Brian Holliman said: “She wishes to apologise to the officers involved and to the court. She’s embarrassed by her behaviour, it’s out of character. Within 20 minutes of being arrested she had calmed back down.”

Sheriff Alistair Watson adjourned the case for reports and allowed Northcote bail.

He warned: “This is a very serious matter. He could have ended up in custody because of your actions. I will have to take this seriously. I’m conscious you have no record and what happened might have been spontaneous. I will release you today but that will be on conditions of bail. It would be a condition of your bail that you don’t attempt to contact directly or indirectly with James Black. Not only do you create a risk to him but you will be creating a risk to yourself. Is that clear?”