Dumbarton Sheriff Court heard Lisa Kelly, 38, was on a cocktail of drink and drugs when she grabbed scissors from her bag and lunged at her mum following an argument over money.

Her boyfriend ‘wrestled’ the scissors away from Kelly and threw them out her reach but she got a second pair out of her bag and went for her mum again.

Fiscal depute Jeanette Maclean told the court Kelly headbutted her mum, causing her nose to bleed and making her lose her footing.

She said: “As her mother stumbled backwards the accused pulled a second pair of scissors from her bag and made a lunge towards her mother.” Kelly’s boyfriend and her mother’s partner teamed up to disarm her and the scissors were thrown into a hedge.

Ms Maclean said earlier that evening, November 11 last year, Kelly had turned up at her mum’s home at Vanguard Street, Clydebank, and asked for a cigarette and money, saying she was living in a homeless unit and needed it for electricity.

When her family refused to give her cash she became irate, went upstairs and picked up hair straightners and a tablet computer.

Her mum took the items away from her and Kelly grabbed her by the throat and pushed her onto a bed.

Her mother’s partner managed to remove Kelly and take her to the front door where she got the scissors out of her bag and went for her mum.

Kelly, of Glencairn Road, Brucehill, pleaded guilty to the offences at an earlier hearing and returned to court on Tuesday for sentencing.

She also admitted breaking bail by going to the Vanguard Street home to collect clothes on November 21 last year having been placed on bail just days earlier banning her from going there.

Her lawyer told the court: “I accept that’s it’s difficult to find anything lower than assaulting one’s own parent in these circumstances.

“Ms Kelly was very much under the influence of both alcohol and cocktail of drugs at the time and has little recollection of the detail of the episode that unfolded.” He said she had a ‘lengthy history’ of alcohol and drug addiction and that her mother was in court to support her and had also written a letter of support which he handed to the sheriff.

Sheriff Maxwell Hendry told Kelly it was largely due to her mother standing by her that he was giving her a chance to avoid prison by having her assessed for a drug treatment and testing order.

He said: “I don’t know to what extent you are ashamed of your behaviour and the way you acted towards your mother but you should be deeply, deeply ashamed.

“It is fairly remarkable and a testimony to her that her support remains available.”