- Ann Gillespie and Lorna Carmichael deny attacking Catherine Malcolm and her husband after present at Glasgow’s King’s Theatre in 2022
- Trial hears claims Gillespie reacted angrily to claims she ‘talked the entire manner by means of’ the efficiency.
- Glasgow Sheriff Courtroom additionally hears husband Alistair Malcolm was left bleeding from his head following the alleged incident
A girl has advised a court docket that she is just too afraid to go to the theatre after claiming she was attacked following a Jersey Boys present.
Catherine Malcolm acknowledged that she was set upon by Ann Gillespie, 52, at Glasgow’s King’s Theatre on April 19 2022.
The 56-year-old claimed issues arose after she criticised Gillespie and her group for making noise through the efficiency.
She advised a court docket that her t-shirt and necklace have been pulled and she or he suffered a fingernail mark to her neck.
Mrs Malcolm added that she noticed co-accused Lorna Carmichael, 43, on high of her retired police officer husband Alistair Malcolm who was curled in a ball and ended up bleeding.
Ann Gillespie and Lorna Carmichael are on trial at Glasgow Sheriff Courtroom for assault and behaving in a threatening and abusive method following a Jersey Boys present within the metropolis
Gillespie and Carmichael are on trial at Glasgow Sheriff Courtroom accused of separate prices of assault.
The pair, of the town’s Garthamlock and Germiston, are additionally accused of behaving in a threatening or abusive method.
The court docket heard from Mrs Malcolm who stated she attended the efficiency together with her husband, sister-in-law and two daughters.
She claimed that she had phrases with girls sat behind them on the finish of the efficiency.
The witness claimed she stated: ‘Thanks very a lot for spoiling the present.’
One of many girls allegedly replied: ‘What do you f****** imply?’
Mrs Malcolm stated: ‘You talked the entire manner by means of it.’
The court docket heard claims the girl replied: ‘If we need to f****** speak, we’ll f****** speak.’
Mrs Malcolm claimed that Gillespie later signalled at her ‘come on’ from the underside of the steps on the exit.
The alleged assault occurred on the King’s Theatre in Glasgow
The witness claimed that she grabbed a railing and sat down as she was conscious that she was on a set of stairs whereas Gillespie got here in the direction of her.
She stated: ‘It was nearly as if she was pulling me – she pulled my t-shirt, she pulled my necklace.
‘I had fingernail marks to the highest of my chest and I had a little bit of blood on my mouth.’
Mrs Malcolm advised the court docket that the incident lasted ‘seconds’.
The witness acknowledged that she additionally turned conscious of her husband who was close by.
She stated: ‘He was curled up in a ball – I noticed blood coming from his head.
‘The girl was mendacity on the highest of my husband inflicting him to bleed.’
Prosecutor Gail Campbell requested Mrs Malcolm how she felt in regards to the incident.
She replied: ‘Horrible – I believe I’ve been to the theatre as soon as since then – I’m too afraid to return.’
Neal McShane, defending Carmichael, put it to the witness that she didn’t point out the ladies swearing in her police assertion.
The lawyer additionally requested if she noticed her husband push anybody on the steps which she denied.
She additional refuted strategies that she pushed a 70-year-old lady with Carmichael and Gillespie down stairs.
Atlanta Jack, defending Gillespie, put it to the witness that her consumer’s involvement was to place her hand as much as cease Mrs Malcolm from intervening through the incident together with her husband.
She replied: ‘You’ve gotten seen the photographs, how did I get scratches?’
The trial continues in July earlier than Sheriff David Taylor.
