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A woman threatened to slash her neighbour ‘from earhole to a******e’ because he refused to put hot water in her Pot Noodle.

Catherine Anderson, 45, appeared from custody at Glasgow Sheriff Court today to plead guilty to acting in a threatening or abusive manner, smashing glass and uttering threats of violence.

She also admitted to having an offensive weapon, in the form of a broken glass bottle.

Anderson, 45, was living with a friend when she went to Jade Alexander and Alan Edlington’s door on the Gallowgate, between October 2 and 3 last year.

When Edlington answered the door he met Anderson, who was holding three or four of the savoury treats and said: “Here, f*****g put hot water in them.”

Procurator Fiscal Depute Niall McDonald told the court that Mr Edlington said no and told her to ‘go away’ before quickly closing the door.

Depute McDonald said Anderson ‘lost her temper’ and made the threat.

She continued abusing the couple and told Ms Alexander to ‘get out here now’ but left a short time later.

However she returned later that night and smashed a glass bottle off the door.

Anderson then came back the next day and shouted through the couple’s letterbox that she was ‘getting a team to come through the door’ and was seen kicking other doors in the tenement close.

She was arrested on the Gallowgate a short time later.

Whilst in the police car she tried to punch PC Samantha Campbell twice and attempted to spit on the officer, but failed at every attempt.

Her lawyer Mr Robinson told Sheriff Sam Cathcart that Anderson thought her request for hot water was a ‘reasonable’ one at the time, but that she agreed in hindsight that it was not. He added that she has previous in relation to her behaviour towards the police and has acted this way ‘around 15 times’ while being arrested in the past.

Mr Robinson said Anderson had asked for the matter to be dealt with today as she has already spent 49 days on remand for the offence.

Sheriff Cathcart deferred sentence until January 26 for a social work report.