A WOMAN who attacked a security guard at a supermarket in Alexandria went on to hurl homophobic abuse at a fast food shop in nearby Balloch.

Caroline Crossan punched the guard at the Aldi store in Alexandria’s Bank Street last July – and then, less than two months later, caused terrified staff at the McDonald’s restaurant in Balloch’s Old Luss Road by shouting, swearing, repeatedly demanding entry, refusing to leave and uttering anti-gay remarks.

Crossan, 40, was handed a community payback order (CPO) as a sentence for her crimes, but at a review of the order last week, she admitted that her compliance with that order had been less than perfect.

Her solicitor, Tom Brown, told Dumbarton Sheriff Court on Thursday that a progress report on the order was “reasonable”, but Sheriff Maxwell Hendry noted that she had failed to turn up at two appointments with her supervising officer.

Sheriff Hendry said: “She gets good marks for seven out of nine of her appointments, but there are other things she could be doing to help herself and I would like to see her doing more.”

Turning to address Crossan directly, the sheriff said: “This is not a trick question: since I saw you last, if you were asked to give yourself marks out of ten for effort, how many would you give?”

Crossan replied: “Seven.”

The sheriff said: “I think that’s about right. That means you’re making 70 per cent of an effort, and 70 per cent won’t be enough, based on my watching hundreds of other people struggling to get through their orders.

“Ninety per cent might do. Ninety-five per cent probably will do. One hundred per cent gives you the best chance of success. You’re doing reasonably well in terms of your current order, but not perfectly. There are other things out there you could choose to do which, at the moment, you’re not doing.”

Crossan, of Ellinger Court in Clydebank, originally pleaded guilty to committing the Aldi assault on July 18 last year, and to the McDonald’s attack on September 9.

She had also admitted breaching bail by entering an address on the Milton Estate, in Jamestown on January 19, 2016, flouting a condition specifically banning her from doing so.

Crossan was told to come back to court for a further review of the CPO on April 19.

Sheriff Hendry said that at that hearing he would be looking for evidence that Crossan was doing more to help herself. than the minimum required in the order.