Woman cleared of alleged iron bar attack
A HAWICK woman accused of rendering her former partner unconscious after striking him with a metal bar has walked free at Selkirk Sheriff Court.
Shortly after Stacey Johnson's jury trial began, the Crown announced they were not going to continue leading evidence .
Accordingly the 33-year-old of Fairhurst Drive, was found not guilty of the offence which was said to have happened at a house in Havelock Place, Hawick, on October 7 last year.
She was also found not guilty of being in possession of an offensive weapon.
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