A SHERIFF has warned a woman who hurled abuse at a pensioner and a child in Dumbarton that she’s killing herself with alcohol.

Carol Campbell pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to going to the property in Dumbuie Avenue while drunk on March 31, shouting, uttering threats of violence, repeatedly striking a window and placing the older woman and the child – both of whom lived at the property – in a state of fear and alarm.

The Helensburgh resident also pleaded guilty to shouting, swearing, acting aggressively and uttering threats in the same street on April 17 and to failing to provide two specimens of breath at Clydebank police station on August 6 2016.

The 49-year-old’s solicitor Scott Adair said she had admitted she was not complying with the order at Friday’s hearing in Dumbarton Sheriff Court.

Mr Adair said: “It may not have sunk in that what she does is only going to result in one thing and that’s an early grave for her.

“She’s shown me an appointment letter for the cardiography department because of an irregular heartbeat and her father agrees that the only reason for that is the alcohol.”

But Sheriff Maxwell Hendry said there comes a point when the court is pushed into a corner when accused individuals don’t comply.

Mr Adair said: “She’s either going to drink herself to an early grave or wake up.”

He added: “She’s been given numerous opportunities to try and change that.”

Sheriff Hendry ordered Campbell, of Mains Avenue, to remain within her home between the hours of 7pm and 7am and fixed a further review for December 8.

He told her: “It seems you don’t want to be helped.

“The courts cannot help people who don’t want to accept help so I see little point for allowing the CPO to stay in place.

“It’s a free country and you are free to commit suicide if you chose to.

“You can do it quickly in a variety of ways or you can do it slowly through misuse of alcohol and it looks like your choosing the second option and you are free to do that.

“What you’re not free to do is break the law.”

He added: “If you’re prepared to do something yourself to try and address and deal with the issue, if you’ve made an attempt to do that, I will allow you to remain at liberty – if not I expect I will send you to prison.”