Trial Postponed For Woman Accused Of Throwing Chair At Yes Campaigners
A DISABLED woman may be too ill to stand trial accused of throwing a chair from a balcony at Yes campaigners canvassing for votes in last year's independence referendum, a court has heard.
Pettina Capaldi denies the charge and was due to stand trial at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court today (13th July)
The incident is alleged to have occurred as Jim Sillars rallied for votes in the run up to the September 18 vote.
He was touring Kirkcaldy in his "Margo Mobile" - named after his late wife, former independent MSP Margo MacDonald.
It is alleged that Ms Capaldi shouted and swore and threw furniture from her home in Kirkcaldy's Lindores Drive on August 29 last year.
The 53 year old, of Lindores Drive, Kirkcaldy, faces a charge of behaving in a threatening and abusive manner likely to cause fear and alarm.
Defence solicitor Peter Robertson told the court that Capaldi had been certified as unfit to stand trial by her doctor.
He said: "The letter from the doctor isn't the most detailed - but he says she is unfit.
"She suffers from fibromyalgia and is in a wheelchair."
Fiscal depute Nicola Henderson said: "It would be helpful for the defence to provide more information as to whether she will ever be able to stand trial on this matter."
Sheriff James Williamson set a new trial date in October.