A BORDERS woman who was involved in two disturbances has been ordered to carry out a total of 160 hours of unpaid work.

Jade McCann, 34, of Inchmyre, Kelso, pleaded guilty at Jedburgh Sheriff Court to behaving in a threatening or abusive manner towards paramedics trying to assist her at Galashiels Transport Interchange on April 24 last year.

Depute fiscal Fiona Hamilton told a previous hearing that at around 3.30pm an ambulance crew was called to the Interchange because a woman required medical assistance.

She continued: "They found the accused inside the building and she seemed to be under the influence of a substance. 

"She told the paramedics she was an alcoholic. 

"She then turned aggressive towards one of them, calling them abusive names repeatedly. 

"The accused then grabbed hold of a defibrillator stating it was her purse and refused to give it back to them. 

"She then started on one paramedic in particular calling him obscene names and the witness had to step back to keep a distance from her and she eventually stumbled over and fell to the ground. 

"When the police attended she gestured by giving the middle finger to them." 

McCann also pleaded guilty to behaving in a threatening or abusive manner in a neighbourly dispute on September 19 last year, calling a pregnant woman "a fat Irish slag" and threatening to assault her. 

Defence lawyer Ed Hulme said there had been neighbour issues at the time and his client had been completely intoxicated at the time. 

He added she had no recollection of the incident at the Transport Interchange. 

McCann was ordered to carry out 90 hours’ unpaid work for the incident at Galashiels Transport Interchange and another 70 hours, to run consecutively, for the bust-up with the neighbour.