A WOMAN who hit a man over the head with a pool ball then brandished a cue at him had no explanation for her actions, Dunfermline Sheriff Court was told.

Appearing for sentencing, Kelly McGuinness, 24, of Burt Street, had previously admitted that on September 24 at Jokers, Hospital Hill, she assaulted a man by repeatedly seizing him and causing his clothes to rip, striking him on the head with a pool ball, repeatedly lashing out with her arms and attempting to strike him, repeatedly attempting to hit him with a pool cue to his injury.

She also behaved in a threatening or abusive manner likely to cause fear or alarm by shouting, swearing, uttering threats of violence towards her victim, brandishing a glass and repeatedly pursuing him in a threatening manner.

Depute fiscal Jane Rennie said McGuinness attended the pub at around 1am and approached the man, shouting and swearing, while carrying a glass above her shoulder.

"The complainer attempted to remove the glass and it fell to the ground, smashing," she told the court. "The accused then picked up a pool ball from the pool table nearby where she and the complainer were standing and she struck the complainer to the head with the pool ball."

After the victim had distanced himself from McGuinness, she then picked up a pool cue and began swinging it towards him, narrowly missing him.

As a result of the attack, the man had a lump and small cut to the side of his head and a ripped t-shirt.

Solicitor Gordon Martin said his client had "very little explanation or recollection" of what happened.

"She did say she thought that the complainer had said something about her uncle and there is a mention of her approaching him shouting about him not touching her uncle. Whether he did or not, she doesn't know for certain.

"She appears to have a number of problems. She appears to have combined her medication with alcohol and that might explain why she behaved in this particular, out of normality, way."

Sheriff Michael Fletcher placed McGuinness on a community payback order with a supervision requirement for 18 months and ordered her to pay £200 compensation.