A 25-year-old woman who caused a disturbance at Borders General Hospital has been jailed for 120 days at Jedburgh Sheriff Court.

Sarah Scott of Woodstock Avenue, Galashiels, pleaded guilty to behaving in a threatening or abusive manner in the accident and emergency department last Monday.

The court heard she had been taken to hospital for treatment to a wound after self-harming.

But once at the hospital she became agitated after complaining a dressing for a wound was not adequate and started pulling items out of sockets, striking her head against a wall and struggling with police officers.

Sheriff Peter Paterson told Scott she had previously been told the court was running out of sentencing options due to her offending.

He said given the locus of the offence her behaviour was unacceptable.

The 120-day jail sentence was back-dated to February 13 when she was first remanded in custody in connection with the matter.