A ghoul who stole charity money from the Clutha Vaults pub in the wake of the helicopter tragedy has been caged for a vicious assault in Ardrossan which saw her kick her defenceless victim in the head. Charmaine Holmes, 20, stole alcohol and a charity tin from the disaster-hit pub with a gang of friends. She was later caged for threatening to slit a schoolboy’s throat during a broad daylight mugging where she stole his football, and received another spell behind bars for trashing a homeless hostel, being caught with a knife and giving police a false name. And she has now been locked up again over a vicious assault which saw her kick her victim on the head after bombarding her with abuse and punching her to the ground in Princes Street. Procurator Fiscal Depute Jennifer Harkins told Kilmarnock Sheriff Court previously that Holmes assaulted Chelsea Smith to her injury in July this year. The prosecutor explained: “The complainer and a friend were outside the Princes Street hostel and saw the accused standing nearby. “The accused started to shout at the witnesses and the friend of the complainer went inside to contact the police. “The accused then punched the complainer to the head, causing the complainer to fall, and the accused then kicked her on the head when she was on the ground. “Police attended and could see the complainer’s eye was swollen and starting to bruise.” Holmes was traced a short time later but was not cautioned and charged with officers because she was so drunk.” Defence solicitor Michael McKeown, a partner in law firm Callahan, McKeown and company, said Holmes had managed to stay “out of trouble for a number of years” despite her troubled past. He asked Sheriff Moira MacKenzie to bring the case to an end by sentencing Holmes there and then. But the sheriff said: “Standing her age and due to the nature of the charge and fact the complainer was kicked in the head when on the ground the court will defer sentence for a [background] report.” Holmes was assessed by social workers ahead of sentencing, including for whether she should be placed on a Restriction of Liberty Order, involving being tagged. And, when she returned to the dock yesterday (Tuesday) to learn her fate, she was sentenced to six months detention in a Young Offenders’ Institute for the assault.