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A woman who verbally abused an ambulance crew and left an offensive note on their vehicle has admitted a public order offence.

Kirsty Sharman, 26, from Tunstall, was arrested yesterday following an incident on Sunday .

Sharman appeared before magistrates at North Staffordshire Justice Centre this afternoon where she apologised for abusing the staff as they responded to a 999 call.

A charge of breaching a restraining order was withdrawn.

The note read: "If this van is for anyone but No. 14 then you have no right to park here.

"I couldn't give a s*** if the whole street collapses. Now move your van from outside my house."

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Sharman received a £120 fine, a victim surcharge of £30 and costs of £135.

Magistrate Chris Rushton said: "This was an absolutely despicable incident.”

The ambulance had been responding to a next-door neighbour's 999 call to assist his wife, who was "experiencing breathing difficulties" prosecutor Liz Ryder told magistrates.

Sharman then went into the street and abused a male paramedic, telling him: "Move your f***ing van."

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A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: "We welcome the outcome of this unpleasant case.

"We are pleased to see the press reports that the magistrates felt that this was ‘an absolutely despicable incident’.

"We hope that this case will serve as a warning to others that abusing our staff is not acceptable.”

Appearing in the court dock at Newcastle-under-Lyme, Sharman, through her solicitor Hayley Keegan, offered her "most sincere apologies to the ambulance staff".

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Paramedic Katie Tudor, based in Stoke-on-Trent, tweeted an image of the offensive note on Sunday with the caption: "So upset to be sent this by one of our crews this morning!

"Along with this note left on their ambulance, they received a load of verbal abuse!"

She continued: "They weren't blocking the road, they were in a parking space...just obviously annoying someone that an ambo was outside their property.

"Is there anything that can be done about this? It's becoming a regular occurrence."

Hayley Keegan, mitigating, said: "She, through me, offers her sincere apologies to the ambulance staff. She accepts her behaviour was completely unacceptable. She does not seek to minimise or make any excuses.

"She is sorry for what she has done. She has accepted she did write that note. The section 5 public order is purely as a result of her abusive language towards the staff when they were trying to do their job.”