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Mother from Northwood Hills spared jail for attacking three police officers
A MOTHER from Northwood Hills who attacked three police officers on a drunken night out has been spared jail.
Alexandra Wilson, 32, of Waller Drive - who in 2004 became the first person in Hillingdon to receive an asbo (anti-social behaviour order) - admitted assaulting the officers when she appeared at Uxbridge Magistrates' Court on Wednesday (4).
The court heard that Wilson reacted violently when the officers approached her and a male friend on May 23 this year in High Street, Uxbridge, and began to shout and swear.
Wilson - who has a string of previous convictions for drug possession and public order offences, many of which involve the police and self-harming - was told to calm down but started swinging her arms around and continued to shout abusive language.
Prosecuting, Nikki Onuma-Elliott, described Wilson's behaviour as 'completely out of control'.
She told the court: "Two of the officers tried to grip her arm and she went berserk, shouting, swearing and spitting, then she struck one of the officers in the leg.
"She swung a punch at another officer, who released his grip on her arm, then tried to punch and kick the female officers who were speaking to her male companion.
"One of the female officers had only been working with the police for nine months and was left severely shaken and distressed."
Wilson, who originally denied the offences, admitted to drinking eight bottles of Stella lager on the night.
She also admitted a charge of threatening behaviour in High Street, Uxbridge on May 16, when she was again drunk and shouting and swearing at people.
Representing Wilson, who is on benefits, Andrew Lindsay told the court she suffered from mental health issues and had a troubled background as a result of being adopted at a young age, but was trying to turn her life around.
"She has a four-year-old daughter who is going to school in the autumn and has applied for a number of jobs, but she is not an employer's first choice," he said.
"She is moving in the right direction and her previous offences are in the past, but she makes mistakes due to immaturity.
"Although her behaviour was inexcusable, she feels the police wound her up."
Chairman of the bench, Robert Della-Salla, told Wilson: "Your record isn't brilliant by any stretch of the imagination and you have a young child and need to be a good mother to her.
"You assaulted three police officers which in anyone's book isn't a good thing and if you appear before this court again it is very likely you will go to prison. It's your responsibility to behave and stay out of trouble."
Wilson will be electronically monitored and on a 20-week curfew from 9pm - 6am. She was also ordered to pay ã40 costs.
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I know Alexandra very well and this article is given people the wrong impression. I think it is wrong to be involving the child as she has never been out or around violent behaviour. I have been on the street with Alexandra when she has been approached by officers which have no reason to be stopping her as she has changed her life around. In your article you are disrespecting her private life by bringing up her childhood and bringing her own child into this which has nothing to do with anything. Alex is a brilliant mum.
I have also known Alexandria for a while and sheis a brilliant mother, this article was unfair to mention her 4 year old daughter. Alex is trying very hard to improve her life and has improved her life massively over the last few years.I have been with Alex when she has been stopped by police for no apparent reason, the police don't help the situation by calling her names which I have been a whitness to. It seems to me that the police know how to make her angry, it isnt fair to Alex that they continue to use her past against her when she is doing so well to change. This article was totally unfair and wrong. Alex is a genuinely nice person, an excellent mum and a credit to her family. She just needs the break she deserves.
I have also known Alexandria for a while and sheis a brilliant mother, this article was unfair to mention her 4 year old daughter. Alex is trying very hard to improve her life and has improved her life massively over the last few years.I have been with Alex when she has been stopped by police for no apparent reason, the police don't help the situation by calling her names which I have been a whitness to. It seems to me that the police know how to make her angry, it isnt fair to Alex that they continue to use her past against her when she is doing so well to change. This article was totally unfair and wrong. Alex is a genuinely nice person, an excellent mum and a credit to her family. She just needs the break she deserves.
I don't know the full details of the case. I hope Alexandra manages to turn things around and get back on track. I'd also like to take the opportunity to thank those police men and women who make a real effort to keep the streets of Northwood Hills safe and in order - they also are daughters, mothers and sisters to people. I wish Alexandra's little girl the best of luck and hope she also has the chance to join such a respectable profession when she grows up.