A woman has admitted spitting on a female cop and another woman during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Margaret Jane Sweeney spat in the woman's face in Dalry, North Ayrshire, on December 14 last year.
Sweeney, of Whitburn, West Lothian, also attacked a man, repeatedly trying to punch and kick him and scratching him.
And once arrested over the assaults, and taken to Saltcoats police station, she spat on a female police officer, with the spittal also landing on her face.
The attacks took place just days before the planned easing of lockdown restrictions for Christmas 2020 was cancelled.
The decision was taken following an outbreak of a mutant strain of Covid-19 in Wales, South East England, and seventeen cases of the new strain in Scotland.
Sweeney, 42, admitted her guilt over the assaults when she appeared in the dock at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court yesterday.
Sheriff Shirley Foran called for background reports to be prepared and adjourned the case without having the facts narrated in court.
She continued Sweeney's bail and ordered her to return to court next month to learn her fate.
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