A POLICE officer is accused of assaulting a woman amid a row about skipping a queue after a Texas gig.
Tyne McClymont, also known as Tyne Brown, 29, is stated to have attacked Carolanne Walker at Glasgow's Exhibition Centre train station on March 4, 2022.
Court papers claim McClymont lunged towards Miss Walker, repeatedly seized, pushed and pulled her on the body which caused her to fall to the ground.
Allegations further state the officer with 10-years service grabbed and pulled Miss Walker by the hair and clothing.
The charges goes on to say McClymont restrained Miss Walker to the ground and removed a shoe from her foot.
It is lastly alleged that McClymont repeatedly punched and kicked Miss Walker to the head and body to her injury.
McClymont is on trial at Glasgow Sheriff Court where she denies the single charge.
The court heard from the officer who stated in her evidence that she attended the concert with her extended family at the nearby OVO Hydro arena.
McClymont claimed that she had a "couple" of gins with dinner earlier in the night but did not drink at the concert due to the price.
McClymont stated that her family were split into groups - the one she was in reached the queue at the train station first at the end of the gig.
She told the court that her mother-in-law who has mobility issues later "rightly or wrongly " joined the queue which they were in.
McClymont said: "Someone behind took umbrage at the queue skipping and shouted 'we all want to get f***ing home'."
"There was a woman with a stocky build pointing at me and repeated what she said.
"I replied that my mother-in-law was not well."
McClymont claimed that she could hear the woman talking to a group of others with "raised voices" before the queue moved on into the station.
She stated that the female - who she later found out was Miss Walker - was making fun of people in her group with words such as "sheep s*****r", "teuchter" and "fatty" used.
McClymont added: "She started talking about my mother-in-law in derogatory terms, making comments about how she could not walk.
McClymont stated she then "challenged" Miss Walker to "stop her behaviour."
She went on to claim that she asked the woman who she was talking to and got a reply of "you, you loud mouth P**i."
McClymont stated she is not of Pakistani descent but has received similar "derogatory comments" in the past as she has "extremely dark hair."
She said: "I turned for a second time and she was in my vicinity, right in front of me.
"She grabbed me and I immediately put my hands on her arms or upper body area."
CCTV of the incident was then played to the court which showed a number of bodies involved in a physical altercation.
McClymont commented: "I go flying on top of Miss Walker and landed near enough on her legs."
She stated that Miss Walker also punched her on the stomach, held on to her hair and called her a "f***ing b***h."
McClymont remarked that she was unable to breath and that it was a "claustrophobic situation."
The pair were then separated by train staff and others in the groups.
McClymont claimed that when she saw Miss Walker again, she "smirked and laughed" at her.
McClymont and her group were allowed to leave on the next train while Miss Walker and her party stayed behind.
Pamela Rodgers, defending, asked the officer if she suffered a panic attack during the incident which she replied: "Yes."
The summary trial, before Sheriff Barry Divers and no jury, resumes in January.
Former co-accused - Audrey McClymont, 60, and Deane Brown, 31 - had their cases for an identical charge dropped mid-trial.
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