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Disgusted diners looked on as a drunk woman urinated in a city restaurant before hurling abuse at police officers.

Maria Keenan, 59, subjected staff and customers at Food Express, in Prescot Street, Kensington to her behaviour yesterday evening. Keenan, of Fraser Street, Vauxhall, pleaded guilty to a charge of drunk and disorderly at Liverpool Magistrates’ Court today.

Lionel Cope, prosecuting, said: “The defendant urinated in the restaurant and then proceeded to throw knives and forks on the floor. There were several customers present.

“Police were called and when they approached she shouted abuse at them and told officers to f*** off.”

Officers placed her under arrest and she spent the night in the cells.

The court heard she had previously been subjected to a Criminal Behaviour Order banning her from urinating in public.

Keenan, who was unrepresented in court, said from the dock: “I am very sorry for what happened. I have a serious alcohol problem but I am cutting down now.”

She was fined £50 and released from custody.