A Lochyside woman was placed on a year-long supervision order at Fort William Sheriff Court this week after she injured her husband on the neck and hand with a knife during an argument she herself described to police as ‘very violent’.
Frances Young, of Arden House, Lochyside, appeared for sentencing after pleading guilty at an earlier court appearance to assault on May 19 last year at Arden Vale, Torlundy, Fort William. Sheriff Eilidh MacDonald heard from Procurator Fiscal Robert Weir that Young, 60, had been watching television on the day in question when her husband, Alasdair, had returned.
‘He had consumed some alcohol, as had the accused, and he had brought home a pizza for them to share,’ said Mr Weir. ‘At some point that evening, they were both in the kitchen area and the accused was trying to open the pizza from its packaging and was struggling to do so. ‘The accused had a knife to deal with the pizza – and at this point it is accepted by the Crown that there was an element of provocation by the witness [Mr Young] as a result of which the accused turned round and lashed out with the knife, cutting the neck of the witness.