A TROUBLED young woman who tried to sniff a cannister of lighter gas before running into traffic on a busy road bridge has been ordered to stay at home every night for the next three months.

Taylor Sutherley, formerly of John Street, Barrhead, was being driven across the Erskine Bridge with social workers, having been given a bail order at Paisley Sheriff Court on March 26.

During the journey, 20-year-old Sutherley took out the cannister, tried to inhale the gas and would not stop when asked.

She then got out of the car and ran towards traffic, causing a number of drivers to call the police out of concern for her welfare.

When officers arrived and one of them tried to take the gas canister from Sutherley, she lashed out with her arms and legs.

She then tried, unsuccessfully, to bite one of the officers.

Sutherley was taken to Clydebank police office and put under a watching brief.

At around 11.15pm, she was covered with a blanket and police couldn’t check her wellbeing, so went in and asked her to remove it.

Again she tried to bite an officer.

Sutherley, now of Overtoun House, Clydebank, previously admitted the assaults and behaviour at the bridge. When she returned to the dock at Dumbarton Sheriff Court to learn her fate, Sheriff John Hamilton described a social work report as “deeply troubling”.

He added it was clear there was “a lot of work to be done” and urged Sutherley to engage with the support being offered.
He told her: “Everyone is supporting you and trying to help you find stability.”

Sutherley was ordered to stay at home between 7pm and 7am every night for the next three months.

Sheriff Hamilton added: “It appears this is what will be required to provide some stability.”