A DUNFERMLINE woman’s anti-social behaviour towards neighbours ended with her being evicted and appearing in court.

Nicola Muir threatened to pour petrol through a letterbox and burn the place down with the occupants inside when she lived at Keir Hardie Terrace.

Muir, 49, formerly of the James Bank Hostel but now living in Kirkcaldy, appeared for sentencing at Dunfermline Sheriff Court.

She admitted that on July 22 last year at Keir Hardie Terrace, Dunfermline, she acted aggressively towards a female neighbour, shouted, swore, made threats of violence and challenged her to a fight.

On the same day, she acted aggressively towards police officers, shouted, swore and threatened them with violence.

She further admitted that on September 29 last year, in a rear garden at Keir Hardie Terrace, she acted aggressively, shouted and swore repeatedly at two neighbours, struck a fence repeatedly, threw soil and made threats of violence.

Depute fiscal Azrah Yousaf said there had been ongoing issues between Muir and her next-door neighbours at the time.

In the latter incident, at 1.30pm, one of the neighbours had gone into his back garden and heard Muir shouting.

She said: “Keep your s*** to yourself” and started banging on the fence, pulling branches off a tree and throwing soil about.

On July 22, neighbours were in their home when they heard Muir shouting “Black b******s” then challenging a woman to fight.

She shouted: “It won’t take me more than three minutes to put you in a body bag.”

She went on: “I’ve got petrol. It’s going through your letterbox. I’m going to burn you out and you’ll all be dead by the morning.”

One of those living in the property was a disabled woman with cerebral palsy, the court was told.

When police arrived, Muir was still in the garden shouting and she then challenged police to a fight saying: “Are you coming to have a go?”

Defence solicitor Stephen Morrison said his client had since been evicted from the house after 17 years there and was now in homeless accommodation in Kirkcaldy.

He added: “She’s the first to admit that when she’s under the influence of alcohol there’s no reasoning with her.”

Sheriff Alison Michie said her initial thoughts had been to impose a custodial sentence because unpaid work and a restriction of liberty order were not currently available.

However, she decided to defer sentence until February 9 to see if these sentencing options were available by then.