A WOMAN who threatened to slash the throats of police officers called to a loud party at the Faslane peace camp has been spared prison.

Anya Suttie bit one of the officers on the calf in the incident at the Shandon camp earlier this year.

The 23-year-old appeared at Dumbarton Sheriff Court on Friday alongside co-accused Andrew Simpson for sentencing in connection with two incidents sparked by noise complaints.

The court was told that police were called to a loud party at the site, near the south entrance to the Clyde naval base, at around 10.45pm on March 23.

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Officers asked for the music to be turned down, and their request was complied with.

But as the police prepared to leave the scene, Suttie emerged from the camp and made her way across the road, running towards the nearby police vehicle.

Fiscal depute Emma Thomson told the court that Suttie struck the windscreen twice with a rock, causing it to shatter, before telling the officers: “I will slash your throat.”

Suttie, of George Street Lane, Alexandria, then tried to run back into the peace camp.

Once arrested, she took hold of the leg of an officer and bit him on the calf.

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Because she was so aggressive, a police cell van was requested.

Simpson, 43, of Aberdour Street, Glasgow, then ran towards officers in an aggressive manner and called cops “c**ts”.

When he was searched, he was found in possession of a multi-tool device with a lockback knife.

The court then heard that just a month later, on April 22, police in the Vale of Leven were called around 1.30am to a property in George Street Lane after a noise complaint.

They found music coming from a home with the door wide open and nobody apparently responding.

When officers entered, they were confronted by Suttie and Simpson, who started shouting and demanding that police leave.

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After being given a warning, Suttie was informed she was under arrest and officers took hold of her arms – but she violently pulled away and broke free, moving towards the police in an aggressive manner.

Ms Thomson told the court Suttie grabbed the uniform of an officer and tried to break off their body armour, continuing to kick out at police and attempting to break free.

At this point, Simpson threw a large bucket of water at police before running away to another part of the property.

He then returned and then ran outside. Both were arrested.

Sheriff Lindsey Kooner told the pair: “It will be apparent that having listened to this deplorable behaviour, I could justify sending both of you to custody.”

But in the event neither was handed a prison sentence; instead both Suttie and Simpson were put on community payback orders for 15 months.

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Suttie will be under the supervision of social workers throughout that period, and was told she would be subject to a curfew running from 7pm to 7am daily for 204 days.

Simpson, meanwhile, was told to do 270 hours of unpaid work within the next nine months.