A WOMAN assaulted her ex-partner's new lover because she's had "nothing but hassle" from the pair of them, Alloa Sheriff Court has heard.

The claim emerged when Sauchie's Carly Hunter appeared in the dock for sentencing on Thursday, February 13.

The 32-year-old previously admitted repeatedly striking another woman on the head at Wetherspoons pub in Alloa on January 31 this year.

She also admitted behaving in an abusive manner on the same date.

In court last week, solicitor Kelly Howe said her client appeared in Falkirk Sheriff Court the day before in relation to an indictment matter.

She said Hunter was placed on an 18-month community payback order (CPO) after admitting two offences under the misuse of drugs act, one offence under the police and fire reform act, and assault.

After providing that information, she then offered a plea in mitigation in relation to Hunter's latest offence.

Ms Howe said: "The background is the complainer in [the assault charge] is the partner of her ex-partner.

"She has had nothing but hassle from her ex-partner and the complainer: her home address has been inundated with takeaway deliveries – far too many to count.

"She's tried to report that to police."

Ms Howe also claimed a young boy showed up at Hunter's door one night, and said a woman wanted to fight her.

And she said: "Her ex-partner has accessed various passwords; these passwords relate to a Netflix account.

"She has young children, and on two occasions they have asked why usernames and details have been changed.

"When she investigated there have been words similar to 's**t' and 'sloth' on her screen.

"She's now rectified that by contacting Netflix.

"All of that was occurring in the background, up until January 31."

Ms Howe then said on the day of the offence, her client had been goaded by the complainer once again, and simply "lost her temper".

Sheriff Craig Harris claimed he viewed the assault as a "disturbing incident".

He then said: "Whilst I appreciate everything Ms Howe's said, the fact of the matter is you were in a different licensed premise, and the complainer was in the other one.

"It was you who came out towards her."

The sheriff said he took account of the fact Hunter, of Woodlands, received a "significant" sentence at Falkirk the day before.

He then ordered her to carry out 60 hours of unpaid work, taking the total number of hours she must complete to 195 when included with the Falkirk sentence.