An Angus woman cut off all her hair in the bathroom as she told police she had to kill her husband.
Louise Anne McLoughlin, 31, Ravensby Road, Carnoustie, appeared at Arbroath Sheriff Court following the incident on March 27.
She admitted behaving in a threatening and abusive manner likely to cause fear and alarm by shouting and swearing at her husband Andrew McLoughlin and threatening to kill him at their home address.
The court heard there was a “considerable background” to the case and that McLoughlin suffers from “mental health difficulties”.
Depute fiscal Hazel Anderson said: “Both Mr and Mrs McLoughlin were under the influence of alcohol. He became concerned for his wife as she appeared to be in the bathroom cutting off all her hair.”
Police arrived at the scene and, pointing towards her husband, McLoughlin told them: “I’m going to have to kill him.”
Ms Anderson said McLoughlin blamed her husband for family difficulties. She said they were engaged in a heated argument by the time officers arrived.
“Police attended and both were in a state of rage,” Ms Anderson told the court.
“At that point both were arrested for a domestic breach of the peace.”
In reply to caution and charge, McLoughlin stated: “It was just raised voices, nobody got hurt. End of.”
When asked by officers if she had threatened to kill her husband she said: “Yes, but I do that every day.”
Defence agent Stuart Mackie said his client has a “significant criminal history”.
The court heard McLoughlin receives £300 per month in Employment Support Allowance and £400 a month in Disability Living Allowance.
Sheriff Peter Paterson said he would fine McLoughlin the same £100 sum that her husband was charged for his part in the incident.