A CLACKS teenager involved in the infamous Alloa TV siege will spend the next few weeks in detention for stomping on a woman’s head.

Kirsty Taylor was given a ten-month sentence at Alloa Sheriff Court on Thursday October 1 after admitting to the assault that took place in June this year.

However, the 19-year-old will likely be released by the end of next month due to time already served and early release measures.

Taylor was also sentenced for her role in the Alloa TV siege that saw officers attend a property in Pine Grove in response to a noise disturbance, before the occupants threatened to harm police and themselves.

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The ensuing stand-off meant riot police were dispatched to the scene with Taylor among those who took pictures of the incident and posted it on Facebook.

With regards to that incident, Taylor and her co-accused Liam Young, 26, were admonished for time already served, but the teen was given more time inside for the assault charge.

On Thursday, the court heard that police were called out to Pine Grove at around 1.30am on 5 January this year following an anonymous report of loud music.

The depute fiscal said police couldn’t get access to the common close area, but “managed to have some communication with Mr Young through a window which was ajar”.

Police were unsuccessful in gaining access to the property and were later forced to call in additional officers amid ongoing “concerns” for those in the flat.

Both Taylor and Young were shouting and swearing at officers and uttering threats, before saying: “You’ll need a f***ing army to get us out.”

Taylor was eventually arrested at 9.30am with Young taken into custody about 15 minutes later.

The case was due to go to trial in April, but was postponed as there had been no disclosure of crucial CCTV evidence.

The couple were then released on bail, but around six weeks later they became involved in the assault, which also took place on Pine Grove.

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At around 5pm on 16 June, police were called out following reports of people fighting in the common close area of one of the blocks of flats there.

Officers spoke with the building concierge and viewed CCTV.

The depute fiscal in court said Taylor could be seen punching out at the complainer before Young stepped in to separate the two.

Following a further exchange between the parties, the complainer was seen “making a move towards” Taylor at which point Young grabbed the complainer and pushed her against a wall.

She then fell to the ground and Taylor stomped on her head three times.

When police went to arrest Young at his mother’s address, he spat out at one of the officers, hitting him on the arm.

Young’s defence agent Kelly Howe said her client had spent the equivalent of a seven-month prison term for each of these two incidents.

In respect of the TV siege incident, she said Young “accepts his reaction to the police officers’ presence constitutes an offence”, but also said it was an officer who smashed one of the windows of the property with a baton in an effort to stop it from closing.

On the assault matter, Ms Howe said Young, who lives on Pine Grove, had initially acted as a peacekeeper and only acted when the complainer assaulted his partner.

She said: “It is accepted that he was far too forceful at that point, but he is particularly protective of Ms Taylor.”

She added that Young spat out at the officer in “frustration” as he feels the police put handcuffs on him in a manner that they knew would cause him “maximum discomfort”.

Taylor’s solicitor added that she had pled guilty to the assault charge as early as possible, doing “all she could have” to resolve matters.

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Sheriff David Mackie rose to consider his verdict and returned after a lunch adjournment.

Before admonishing Taylor and Young for their role in the TV siege incident, he told them: “There is no doubt this was a serious matter.

“It kept a number of police officers occupied for several hours and took them away from their other duties. “

However, I am satisfied that you’ve already served your penalty in terms of the charge to which you have pled guilty to.”

With regards to the assault, he told Young: “Your personal involvement in this incident is separable from Ms Taylor’s.

“Your first involvement was a peacekeeper rather than an assailant, but it is accepted by you that you went too far.

“I will mark this sentence with a period of six months’ imprisonment which, as you will note, will result in you being liberated.”

He then turned to Taylor and said: “Your involvement in this matter is much more serious.

“Head stomping is something which the court takes very seriously.

“With this type of attack, the resulting injury could be catastrophic, should the skull break or eye socket burst.

“Any sentence I impose must meet the needs of punishment as well as deterrence for anyone else who might consider taking part in assault such as this.

“With this in mind, I consider that nothing less than a custodial sentence is appropriate.”

Sheriff Mackie handed Taylor, whose address was given as High Street, Tillicoultry, a term of 10 months’ detention, backdated to 16 June this year.

Although Young was released, he was ordered to carry out 80 hours of unpaid work within three months after pleading guilty to kicking a door and smashing a window at a Pine Grove property on October 7, 2014.