POLICE who were called to deal with a report of a woman hurling verbal abuse at her partner were alarmed when she defecated on the floor as they tried to arrest her – and shocked when she threw the results at them.

Joanne Ward's disgusting behaviour came after her then-partner called police to report her drunken and abusive outburst at him.

Ward was eventually arrested after the incident at a property in Bonhill on October 22.

She was kept in custody overnight, and pleaded guilty in court the following day to two charges of threatening or abusive behaviour.

The 43-year-old was released on bail – but just two days later, on October 25, she thumbed her nose at the court's orders by leaving the same man an abusive voicemail in which she said she "didn't give a s**t about bail conditions".

Ward, formerly of Braehead in Bonhill but now living at Clyde Court in Dumbarton, appeared at Dumbarton Sheriff Court on Friday for sentencing on the October 22 offences after social workers were asked to prepare a background report.

And her solicitor told Friday's hearing that his client was now also pleading guilty to breaching bail.

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Sarah Healing, prosecuting, told the court the first incident came about after Ward's then-partner told her "not to bother coming round to his house" after it became clear to him, during a Whatsapp conversation with her, that she was drunk.

But Ward went to the man's home anyway, arriving at around 7pm with a bottle of wine.

"The complainer told the accused to leave," Ms Healing said. "This resulted in her becoming abusive and starting to shout and swear.

"The complainer contacted police; during the course of the phone call the accused could be heard calling the complainer a 'f*****g d**k'.

"At the end of the call the complainer ushered the accused out of the property before closing the door on her.

"Police were contacted and arrived at the accused's property at around 7.40pm. She began shouting and swearing and asked if it was because of the complainer's phone call.

"She was repeatedly warned about her behaviour, but chose to continue, telling police to f**k off unless they had a warrant and continuing to call the complainer names.

"She was told she was being placed under arrest, and was handcuffed; police tried to remove her from the property, but before they could do so the accused defecated on the floor, smeared her foot in it and then stamped on the excrement, causing it to splash around the floor.

"Thereafter she picked up some of the excrement and attempted to throw it at police."

Ms Healing then went on to describe the voicemail message Ward left the man at 10.30am on October 25.

"The accused said she intended to approach police with a view to having the complainer charged with an assault," Ms Healing said.

"The accused ranted about that before telling the complainer to prepare himself to face her in court.

"She was then heard to say she 'doesn't give a s**t about bail conditions', and to tell the complainer 'my human rights were violated the other night, now this is going further'."

The man again contacted police, who arrested Ward later that day, when she told officers she "wasn't in a good state of mind".

Ward's solicitor told the court his client's behaviour was the result of her mental health, her issues with alcohol and her relationship with the complainer.

He said Ward had been handed a community payback order (CPO) at Dumbarton Sheriff Court in February as a result of a previous incident involving the same man.

The Reporter previously described how that order was imposed after she called him a "cheat" and a "f*****g midget" in an incident at the same Braehead property on December 16 last year.

"She engaged fully with the terms of the CPO which was put in place in February and completed 90 hours of unpaid work as required," he said.

"She avoided contact with this man until May, but in May contact was re-initiated by the complainer.

"The relationship has now been terminated and she has no intention of ever having any further communication with him.

"She is in no way seeking to blame him for her behaviour, which she fully appreciates was unacceptable.

"She has a supportive family and is now keen to move on with her own life."

Sheriff William Gallacher told Ward: "Your perspective in relation to bail conditions is not acceptable, your behaviour was not acceptable, and your behaviour towards police was utterly hideous.

"I gave serious thought to whether I had to send you to prison to mark to you, and others, that behaviour of this type will not be tolerated.

"If you are involved in any further offending of this type, that will be the inevitable outcome."