A drunk woman dragged her younger sister to the ground by her hair before throwing a knife at her.

The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was sentenced at Glasgow Sheriff Court after pleading guilty to assault.

The court heard that the two women had began drinking at a property on Greenhead Street in Bridgeton at around 4.30pm on March 17, 2023.

The pair began to argue at around 7.45pm which went on for some time.

The woman then started to punch her sister in the back of the head and dragged her to the ground by her hair.

Her sister managed to get away and went into the living room but the woman followed her.

The woman then proceeded into the kitchen and grabbed two knives – a bread knife and a smaller knife.

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Her sister went into the hallway but the woman grabbed her by the hair and punched her several times to the head.

She then threw the smaller knife towards her sister before brandishing the large bread knife.

Her sister contacted her carers who could hear the disturbance on the phone.

Police were contacted and responded a short time later. The woman was cautioned and charged to which she made no reply.

Her lawyer told the court that his client’s relationship with her sister had not been negatively affected by the incident.

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The defence solicitor said: “This is her first offence and she hopes it to be her last offence. It was her younger sister.

“Their relationship hasn’t been negatively affected by what happened, they are good friends now. Neither remember why they started arguing.

“Alcohol was involved with minimal watering down. Thankfully the knife did not lead to injury but it could have done, that is not lost on her.

“She has addressed how she uses alcohol, to her credit, and knows how to compose herself normally as shown given her lack of record and lack of offending.”

Addressing the woman, Sheriff Anna Reid stated: “This appears to be an isolated incident albeit serious as it involved knives.”

Sheriff Reid placed the woman on a community payback order with 12 months of social work supervision and 100 hours of unpaid work.