Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

Tayside woman ‘hit child with metal chain and encouraged her dog to attack’

Tayside woman ‘hit child with metal chain and encouraged her dog to attack’

A woman has been charged over claims she assaulted two children — hitting one of them with a metal chain and encouraging her dog to attack people.

Claire Pudsey, 43, was arrested along with 43-year-old Darren Clarke following an alleged disturbance in Arbroath on Tuesday.

The pair, of Strathairlie Avenue, appeared at Forfar Sheriff Court, where they faced a series of allegations.

The pair denied all the charges against them and are now set to stand trial.

Pudsey is alleged to have struck a child on the head with a metal chain.

The charge claims that Pudsey threw the chain at the child.

She also faces a weapon possession charge over the chain.

Meanwhile, prosecutors have also charged her with assaulting the same child by repeatedly punching the youngster on the head.

She is further accused of behaving in a threatening or abusive manner in the town’s Gravesend and Burnside Road by repeatedly inciting her dog to attack members of the public.

She is also alleged to have uttered threats of violence, shouted and chased members of the public.

The charge states that she also repeatedly struck the windows of a motor car with her hands.

Clarke and Pudsey are together accused of attacking another child on the same streets. Prosecutors allege that they assaulted the youngster by repeatedly pushing their alleged victim on the body.

It is further claimed that they repeatedly struck the child on the head.

Another charge says the pair recklessly destroyed another person’s property — by breaking off the wing-mirror of a car.

The court also heard claims that the pair smashed the car’s windscreen with a metal chain.

Meanwhile, Clarke faces further allegations that he behaved in a threatening and abusive manner by shouting, swearing and uttering threats of violence.

Clarke also allegedly chased after members of the public at the scene.

The pair will stand trial on April 18 with an intermediate diet set to take place on March 28.

This article originally appeared on the Evening Telegraph website. For more information, read about our new combined website.