A Dundee woman has admitted a savage assault on a friend following a drugs binge at her home.
Michaela Pattie appeared at Dundee Sheriff Court via a video link from prison to admit severely injuring and permanently disfiguring Ashley O’Neill on October 27 2019.
After Pattie’s mother apparently overdosed, Ms O’Neill woke in her own home as the accused and another person attacked her with a screwdriver and a knife.
First offender Pattie went on to steal her victim’s mobile phones and tobacco after stamping on her in a determined assault.
She will be sentenced in February after reports are prepared but remains behind bars in the meantime.
Drugs binge
Fiscal depute Alastair McDermott told the court Ms O’Neill was known to Pattie and her family.
He said on the day of the attack, the complainer attended at Pattie’s home where drugs were consumed.
During the afternoon, Ms O’Neill found Pattie’s mother unresponsive in a bedroom.
An ambulance was called and the older woman was taken to hospital, while another of Pattie’s relatives drove Ms O’Neill home.
She fell asleep on her sofa but woke at 12.30am to banging at her door.
When she opened her eyes, she saw Pattie and another person in the living room.
Frightened, the woman grabbed a knife but she was overpowered and disarmed before the pair launched into a merciless attack.
Vicious assault
Pattie, 29, admitted – while acting with another – seizing her victim by the body and pulling her from the sofa onto the floor.
She knelt on her body preventing her from moving, seizing her again when she attempted to leave.
Ms O’Neill was dragged back into the living room and thrown back to the floor where Pattie and her accomplice repeatedly struck her on the head and body with a knife and a screwdriver.
They then repeatedly stamped on her head and body, as she shouted “get off us, get off us”, leaving her severely injured and permanently disfigured.
The attackers stole two mobile phones and some tobacco.
Their victim sought help from a neighbour and was found covered in blood, leaning on a fence.
She was rushed to hospital with an 8cm laceration on her lower leg which needed 11 stitches and a 3cm laceration on her head, which required another four stitches.
Her hand and face had further cuts.
Remanded pending sentence
Pattie had been on bail but admitted failing to appear in court at a hearing in June.
Since being arrested on a warrant and appearing from custody on July 31, she has remained on remand.
Solicitor James Laverty said although his client’s involvement was with another, “she must accept responsibility.”
Sheriff Jillian Martin-Brown deferred sentencing until February 7 for reports and continued Pattie’s remand.
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