A WOMAN turned on cops who were trying to help her by kicking one in the stomach and attempting to bite another.

Officers were forced to put a spit hood over Lynne McDiarmid when she started kicking off on January 27, 2020.

Depute fiscal Jennifer Gilmour told Glasgow Sheriff Court how, around 2.15am, officers were called to a flat on Tinwald Path.

McDiarmid was there but was no longer welcome by the hosts.

Police asked her to leave and then escorted her out of the flat but in the common close the 36-year-old slumped to the floor.

Officers attempted to help her to her feet but she kicked out at one of the police.

They then informed McDiarmid, from Cardonald, she was under arrest for police assault and was taken to Helen Street station.

In the custody suite one officer was holding her shoulders while she was sitting on a bench and she turned her head in an attempt to bite the officer on the hand.

The cop was able to pull her hand away but a spit hood had to be placed over McDiarmid’s head.

McDiarmid then kicked out, booting another female officer in the stomach.

Her defence brief said: “When she was placed in a cell she calmed down and the next day something

“It is safe to say, M’Lady, there has been a significant gap in her offending. Her last arrest was in 2015 and conviction in 2016.

“She developed a dependency on alcohol and is involved in drug misuse but she is making some effort to try and deal with that herself.”

Sheriff Diana McConnell expressed concern that the criminal justice social work report said that McDiarmid believed being assaulted at work was an “occupational hazard”.

She said: “That is an attitude which I find disgusting.”

But McDiarmid’s lawyer said those words were “not in her range of vocabulary” and that the report had been written by “quite a young social worker”.

He added: “It is not a view she holds.

“When I was going over the report with her my client was tearful.

“She knows if she carries on like this she is going to prison sooner rather than later.”

Sheriff McConnell placed McDiarmid on a community payback order with 12 months supervision and a conduct requirement to attend addiction counselling.

She was also tagged for 54 days keeping her at home from 7pm to 7am and will have to appear in court again in three months.