A CHARD woman who caused havoc in a residential street in the early hours of the morning blamed her behaviour on somebody spiking her drinks.

Sammy-Jo Case said she feared she was going to be assaulted and started hammering on the door and windows of a flat, waking the occupant shouting to be let in and causing damage to a glass pane.

She then went outside and attempted to get inside a car parked in the street but just ended up damaging it instead.

When she was arrested by police she said she believed her drinks had been spiked and couldn’t really remember what happened.

Case, 31, of Hocken Close, was brought before Somerset Magistrates in custody after being arrested for failing to attend a previous court hearing.

She pleaded guilty to causing damage to a window belonging to Stonewater Housing Association and a VW Polo car at Chard on June 24

Prosecutor Emma Lenanton said that around 4am a resident living in Coker Way was woken by somebody banging on the doors to a flat.

“She saw a female, Case, who was kicking the windows and door and then started banging on the door asking to be let in,” she said.

“The occupant did not open the door and the defendant left her bag outside the stairwell and then went back out onto the street. She then tried to get into a Polo car causing damage to it.

“Case was found by police and when interviewed said she had been having a drink which she believed had been spiked and could not really remember what happened, but did not deny the behaviour alleged.”

Neil Priest, defending, said that Case was out and about in Chard when she was approached by somebody who she thought was going to assault her.

“She ran to her friend’s house to get in, however kicked the bottom of the door and accepts she did it recklessly and the window was broken,” he said.

“As she couldn’t get in she tried to get in the car to try and obtain some sort of safety and to get some sleep, however she couldn’t get in and some minor damage was caused.

“When she was interviewed she admitted her culpability and was remorseful saying she had not meant to cause the damage.”

The magistrates fined the defendant £45 for each of the two offences and also ordered her to pay £85 costs and a £30 victim surcharge.