Courts in Moray: A96 driver admits dangerous driving
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A driver has lost her licence after admitting driving dangerously on the A96.
Debbie Baillie passed a police car on her way towards Forres during the afternoon of February 5, 2020.
Elgin Sheriff Court heard that the officers, having noted the condition of her red Honda Civic, decided to follow.
Fiscal depute Victoria Silver said: "The accused was seen to overtake several cars, causing oncoming vehicles to break."
The court was told that Baillie was clocked going at speeds of up to 75mph.
Driving at excessive speed towards the Victoria Road roundabout at Forres, she was then forced to make an emergency stop because of the traffic.
At that point the police car pulled level with the 21-year-old.
Baillie was found to have no licence or insurance.
In a separate incident on May 28 last year Baillie got into an argument on Provost Christie Drive in Rothes.
This saw her grabbing the other woman's hair, scratching her face and injuring her lip and left eyelid.
When the police arrived they placed Baillie in handcuffs.
She insulted the officers, then threatened to slip the cuffs and hit them in the face with them.
Defence solicitor Paul Canavan said his client had been taking drugs at the time of the offences.
The lawyer stated that she was now clean and had not been in trouble since.
He added that she was six months pregnant and in a settled relationship.
Baillie, who now lives in Broomfield Square, Aberlour, was ordered to perform 200 hours of unpaid work for the community.
She was also banned from the roads for a year and placed under the supervision of social workers for the same period.
