Knife-wielding blood-spattered South Yorkshire woman jailed after threatening motorist

A knife-wielding woman who was covered in blood has been locked-up after she damaged cars and threatened a motorist.
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Sheffield Magistrates’ Court heard on April 6 how Charmaine Thompson, aged 39, of Monkspring, Worsbrough Dale, Barnsley, was seen armed with a bread knife on Monkspring stabbing at a parked Audi vehicle.

Robert Coyne, prosecuting, told the hearing – which was sitting at the Sheffield Crown Court building - the complainant had been visiting his daughter when he was alerted that Thompson had been stabbing his car.

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Mr Coyne added: “He approached her and says, ‘why have you done that?’, and she said, ‘because I wanted to’, and he followed her and she seemed drunk or under the influence of drugs and lifted her arm up in the air.”

Sheffield Crown Court, pictured, has been hosting Sheffield Magistrates' Court hearings.Sheffield Crown Court, pictured, has been hosting Sheffield Magistrates' Court hearings.
Sheffield Crown Court, pictured, has been hosting Sheffield Magistrates' Court hearings.

Mr Coyne said a van driver with his son and partner came across Thompson in the middle of the street and he had to stop and she started attacking his vehicle with the knife.

The van driver got out and Thompson was extremely abusive to him, according to Mr Coyne, and although she did not have the knife upon her at that time the motorist had to put a leg out to keep her at bay.

Mr Coyne said: “He got back in his van and she seems to have stabbed the van a second time and her arms appeared to be covered in blood.”

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Thompson, who the court heard had consumed half a litre of alcohol during the incident on April 5, pleaded guilty to possessing a knife and threatening a motorist.

She also admitted damaging this motorist’s Audi car and to using threatening behaviour towards the van driver and damaging his van.

Yvonne Wragg, defending, said Thompson, who has previous convictions, is an alcoholic and she has felt isolated during the coronavirus outbreak and had been self-harming which explained the presence of blood.

Mrs Wragg added: “Her mental health state is rock-bottom. She turned to drink to try and cope and these offences have taken place.”

District Judge Grace Leong sentenced Thompson to six months of custody and ordered her to pay £500 compensation.