GRIEVING WOMAN JAILED FOR EXPLODING FIST ASSAULT IN PERTH CITY CENTRE
A grieving Perth woman has been jailed for an explosive assault at her father’s wake.Gillian Thomson’s cigarette lighter blew up when she punched a man in the face hours after her dad’s funeral.
Her victim was left bruised and scratched following the sudden assault in the city’s Fleshers Vennel.
Thomson, 36, appeared at Perth Sheriff Court and admitted assaulting the man to his injury on February 19 this year.
She was told there was no alternative to custody.
Sheriff Jennifer Bain KC told Thomson: “I have taken account of all that has been said about the very unfortunate circumstances of this day.
“Whilst you were no doubt upset on the day of your father’s funeral, there was no excuse for you behaving in this way towards someone who – on the face of it – was not doing you any harm.” She said: “There is no alternative to custody given the circumstances.” Thomson, of Shore Road, Perth, was jailed for 15 weeks.
