Locations
Kellock Avenue, Dunfermline, KY11
Description
A DUNFERMLINE lady flashed a knife as she yelled in the street after bombarding a guy with sex texts following a room-renting fraud.
Louise Ramsay, 34, of Kellock Avenue, appeared at Dunfermline Sheriff Court for sentence on a number of charges.
She previously admitted to stealing 340 in cash on December 1st of last year, 525 on February 12th, and 350 on February 28th of this year.
She also stated that on March 7, she sent a guy a series of sexually explicit text messages.
Ramsay also acknowledged to shouting and swearing while wielding a knife on Christmas Eve at Abel Place.
Ramsay has previously admitted to stealing money from customers after advertising her spare room for rent on Craigslist.
One of the victims was also subjected to sexually explicit texts.
"The thefts relate to the accused renting out a spare room at her home." depute fiscal Jill Currie earlier told the court.
People would agree to stay there and pay a deposit, but they would not be permitted to move in until they were repaid.
Ramsay advertised the hotel on the 'Spare Room' website as well as on Facebook.
In one case, after paying for the accommodation, a young guy began getting erotic texts from Ramsay.
According to the deputy, he felt "uncomfortable" and "asked her to remain professional."
She then requested additional money from him, but he declined.
Her sex texts kept coming.
Youre grown-up for your age but I like that, she said, adding that his youth "turns me on."
Before going into graphic detail, Ramsay made jokes about his genitalia and stated she could teach him a thing or two
According to the deputy, she proceeded in this vein, and the man felt this was extremely inappropriate
He demanded his money returned, but Ramsay provided a series of reasons as to why she wouldn't be able to do so in the coming weeks.
Ramsay was shouting and screaming on the street on Christmas Eve, clutching a knife that she flung to the ground and picked up multiple times.
She was shouting: Ive got mental health.
Defence solicitor Alexander Flett said: She seems to have got it into her head that she was being followed. She had taken cocaine to excess. Its a fairly sad tale.
The social work report advised that Ramsay be sent to a mental institution for her own benefit, but Sheriff Charles Macnair declared he would not do so.
He instead imposed an eight-month restriction of liberty order on Ramsay.
He also sentenced her to pay 900 in damages to the three persons who lost money in the fraud, as well as putting Ramsay on the sex offenders' registry.