Wild Westquarter: First offender, 51, hurls bottle at car windscreen for revenge
A first offender turned to violence at the age of 50 after a case of mistaken identity led to her car being damaged to the tune of £1400.
in a classic example of what her solicitor called a “two wrongs don’t make a right” scenario, Marion Mitchell, 51, then went round to the home of the people who mistakenly damaged her car and proceeded to crack the windscreen of their vehicle with a bottle.
She then also started hurling verbal abuse at the residents who had rushed out to try and save their vehicle from damage after receiving a message on Facebook from Mitchell.
Appearing at Falkirk Sheriff Court last Thursday, Mitchell had previously pleaded guilty to threatening behaviour and recklessly damaging property at an address in Elm Drive, Westquarter, on January 11.
The court heard the witness had received a Facebook message from Mitchell regarding her car and she immediately went outside, fearing for her property.
"The accused struck the windscreen with a bottle causing the windscreen to crack,” said the procurator fiscal depute. “The accused said she blamed them for damage to her vehicle.
"She then started shouting at the witness calling her a prostitute and a swinger and said her ‘kids would be taken off of her’.”
The court heard Mitchell’s vehicle had been damaged in an earlier incident, but supposedly they people who damaged it had done so by mistake – they were actually looking to target someone else’s vehicle.
Martin Morrow, defence solicitor, said: “They got the wrong car and she went to see them, words were exchanged and damage was caused to this other vehicle.”
Mr Morrow said £1400 of damage had been caused to Mitchell’s car, but accepted “two wrongs don’t make a right”.
It was stated sentence had been deferred on Mitchell, 48 Westquarter Avenue, Westquarter, for six months and she had been of good behaviour in that time.
Addressing Mitchell directly, Sheriff Craig Harris said: “You have reached 51 years of age without previously having any criminal convictions.”
He added he was satisfied in this case the offence was a “one-off” and simply admonished Mitchell.