Clydebank Post | News | DRUNK MUM GLASSED HER PARTY GUEST

Monday, 8th September, 2008

Published: Wednesday, 28th May, 2008 10:00

DRUNK MUM GLASSED HER PARTY GUEST

A BOOZED-up mum glassed a young woman in a jealous rage during a party at her flat.

Danielle Petticrew, 22, smashed a wine glass into the victim’s face and then stabbed her in the arm with it.

The incident happened after the mum went on a bender for the first time since the birth of her daughter a year before, Dumbarton Sheriff Court heard on Wednesday.

Petticrew broke down when she realised she would be separated from her daughter as she was handed a 28-month jail sentence.

On the night of the attack the accused had been at pubs and a house party before inviting people back to her place.

At her party, Petticrew started saying to the victim she “better not be firing into” a man in her flat — whose relationship to the accused was not made clear.

Malcolm McLeod, prosecuting, told the court that as the victim tried to leave at around 7am, Petticrew shouted: “Are you leaving?” before striking out at the teenager’s face with a wine glass.

The victim was trying “to fend the accused off” but Petticrew then hit her on the arm with the broken glass, before punching and kicking her.

Other party-goers intervened and the victim fled from the flat, before calling an ambulance.

The 18-year-old victim was left with permanent scars, including one down the side of her face which required six stitches.

Police arrived at Petticrew’s flat at around 9.45am and entered through an unlocked front door.

The mum then “struck out with her arms and legs at the police officers” as they tried to restrain her.

Petticrew, whose daughter is now two-years-old, pled guilty to assault and to resisting arrest in her former flat in John Knox Street, Whitecrook.

Gail Campbell, defending, said that Petticrew, who was appearing on indictment, had to leave Clydebank after the events of June 30, 2007, because of “threats to her family”.

Petticrew had been drinking heavily at the time, Ms Campbell said, and her “life had gone off the rails” following the death of a close cousin.

Sentencing, Sheriff Simon Pender said: “This was an unprovoked attack which left severe injury and permanent disfigurement — the fact that the accused was under the influence of alcohol does not have any bearing on the case.”

Petticrew, who had since moved to Birmingham, was sentenced to two years and four months in prison.

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