31-year-old charged with assaulting woman to her severe injury and danger of life
A 31-year-old woman's appeared in court charged with assaulting another woman - to her severe injury and danger of life.
Jasmine Lauder is accused of carrying out the attack at her home in Galashiels' Beech Avenue on September the 11th last year.
It's alleged she repeatedly struck Catriona Aprile on the head with a piece of wood or similar item; struggled with her; placed her foot on her neck and stood on her neck, causing her breathing to be restricted; and made threats of violence.
Lauder pled not guilty at Selkirk Sheriff Court today (Thursday), and the case was continued to trial on December the 8th.
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Meanwhile, a 52-year-old woman who repeatedly struck another woman with her handbag in Boots after claiming she called her a junkie has been fined a total of £270 and ordered to pay her victim £100 compensation.
Deborah Morrison pled guilty to the assault, as well as behaving in a threatening or abusive manner, at the Galashiels store in June last year.
Passing sentence at Selkirk Sheriff Court, Sheriff Peter Paterson warned Morrison that she can't behave like that, whether provoked or not.
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