A WOMAN has been sentenced after behaving in a 'rabid' way towards police and members of the public.

Felisha Jones, of Tegid, in Plas Madoc, appeared at Wrexham Magistrates Court on Wednesday.

The 32-year-old had previously admitted one offence of affray, committed on December 5 at Idwal in Acrefair, and one of common assault against an emergency worker, committed the day after.

Justin Espie, prosecuting, told the court that on the day of the offence, police received calls about an incident at around 9.30pm - involving a woman and a weapon.

When officers arrived, they found Jones shouting aggressively in the street, leading them to 'red-dot' her with a taser.

Despite that, she moved towards the officers, still in an aggressive manner, and thus the taser was discharged.

Mr Espie said by the time she was brought under control and handcuffed, a crowd of people had formed.

Jones was verbally abusive and threatened to burn people's houses down.

Officers located the 'weapon' she'd had a short distance away.

It was a wooden pole with a hinge attached, and frightened witnesses told officers she'd been using it to strike a fence at the location.

Once Jones was taken to Llay custody facility, she jumped onto her cell bed and lashed and kicked out at officers, pushing her hand into the face of one.

Mr Espie said he had viewed video footage of the offences, telling the court: "It's some eight to 12 minutes long and the defendant's behaviour is best described as rabid and in a sustained manner."

Probation officer Andrew Connah said: "She accepts full responsibility for these offences but tells me she has little memory of what happened due to what she describes as a mental health episode.

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"She claims to have blacked out at the time of the offences but has seen CCTV coverage, and as a result is totally ashamed of her behaviour.

"On the night, she'd argued with her then partner and obviously it escalated totally out of hand, resulting in her behaving in the way she did.

"She makes no excuses but says the relationship was extremely toxic."

Mr Connah said the Jones accepted she'd consumed two glasses of wine prior to the offence, and that she claimed alcohol was "not normally an issue for her."

"She tells me alcohol is not good for her," Mr Connah added. "She realised she has a low tolerance to it and as a result, rarely drinks."

The court heard Jones had been diagnosed with anxiety, depression, ADHD and personality disorder.

Andy Holliday, defending, told the court his client had stayed out of trouble for some ten years and should be considered a woman of good character.

He said: "There was no use of a weapon to try and cause injury - it was used to cause damage to the fence and there was no one in the close vicinity.

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"This was within a mental health episode and she was acting completely out of character."

He added the defendant wanted to be 'left alone' at the custody suite, which is why she kicked out at the officers.

The court handed down a 12 month community order with 20 rehabilitation activity days for the affray, as well as a £380 fine for the assault.

She must also pay a £152 victim surcharge and £85 costs.