A WOMAN who threatened to blow her neighbour's house up went on to assault two police officers. 

Lorna Brown started her spate of offending on December 18, 2021, when she was banging on her neighbour's door with a metal pole in her hand on Grant Crescent.

Days later on Christmas Eve, she told police officers that they needed to 'get ten ambulances' as she was going to blow up her and her neighbour's house.

The 40-year-old admitted to several charges spanning four months at Dumbarton Sheriff Court.

At the hearing last week, procurator fiscal Decla O'Connor said: "At around 2am on December 24, the accused contacted police to make a complaint about an unrelated matter.

"Police attended around 2.45am and the accused was shouting and swearing at her mobile phone.

"The accused told police to 'shut up' and 'f*** off' and continued saying 'get ten ambulances' as she intended to blow up her own house and that of her neighbours.

"She continued to shout 'f**k off or I will light the gas. The gas is on, you want to die?'

"She began to kick and punch a police constable and dig her nails into his forearm, drawing blood. She was transported to Clydebank police office and while asked being custody care questions, she kicked a police officer to his left shin and knee. Fast-straps were then applied."

On January 8, 2022, neighbours became aware of Brown shouting outside and saw her standing in their front garden.

She banged their front door, demanding them to open it before shouting for them to come down and that 'she was going to smash them and murder them'.

Police attended and informed her she was under arrest. Whilst on their way to Clydebank police station, she was abusive towards cops calling them 'sl**bag' and 'cow'.

And on April 6 last year, police carried out a welfare check on Brown at her Renton home after she had called them.

Officers spotted three grams of cannabis in a sandwich bag on the couch. 

Whilst in a cell at Clydebank police station, she kicked one of the officers in the shin and stated to him 'I only kicked you because you are a c**t'.

Brown's lawyer Jonathan Paul said: "You will be concerned about her behaviour, especially in relation to the police assaults.

"The last record is of some vintage. The [social work] report is helpful and explains the background here. She was using cannabis as a coping mechanism. 

"She has been sober for a while and she presents in a much clearer way. She appreciates the nature [of her behaviour] will attract custody."

As a direct alternative to custody, Brown was placed on a community payback order for 24 months under social work supervision and ordered to complete 160 hours of unpaid work.

Addressing the offender, the sheriff added: "I shake my head at this sort of behaviour. I take into account what's been said on your behalf and the history of mental health."