A 50-year-old woman turned up at her next-door neighbour’s family home uninvited and assaulted a young mum while a baby lay asleep upstairs.

Shirley McGhie, of Corrie Crescent in Saltcoats, also played her music so loud that the neighbour’s house was vibrating.

McGhie appeared at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court last week for trial after pleading not guilty to Breach of the Peace and Assault.

The court heard that McGhie turned up at the neighbours’ home on the evening of July 15 last year and repeatedly shouted and swore. She also seized one of the occupants by the hair while the woman’s baby son was asleep upstairs.

After the assault, the woman and her mum managed to “physically remove” McGhie from their house.

According to one of the witnesses, McGhie “was still trying to get back in, shouting and swearing.”

The two women called the police a few hours later after being tormented by McGhie’s loud music.

The court heard from one of the witnesses: “It was as if the speaker was against the wall. My whole house was vibrating.”

Police officers attended Corrie Crescent at around 1am and had to force entry into McGhie property after she failed to answer.

One of the officers told the court that she noticed “quite a large speaker” within the entrance vestibule at McGhie’s house.

The officer said: “My impression was this was to amplify the sound through the wall. It was facing us but it was against the wall.”

Police found McGhie asleep in an upstairs bedroom and on awakening her, found her to be “very intoxicated”.

Defending McGhie, solicitor Graeme Cunningham, pointed out discrepancies between two of the witnesses’ accounts and questioned their credibility. He also stressed that it was McGhie’s first offence, adding: “Interestingly my Lord, she remains at this address and there has been nothing further.”

But Sheriff Michael Hanlon found McGhie guilty on both charges and called for a Criminal Justice Social Work Report and a Restriction of Liberty Assessment

McGhie was bailed and will return to the court in May for sentencing.