A Motherwell girl set hearth to a fence outdoors her residence then assaulted neighbours who had been making an attempt to place out the flames.
Hamilton Sheriff Court docket heard this week that the blaze began when Sharon Morris tossed a cigarette right into a pile of garbage.
The hearth broken home windows and backyard fencing that had simply been painted.
Morris, of Scotia Avenue, admitted culpably and recklessly igniting objects on July 13 final yr.
The 43-year-old additionally admitted spitting on a girl and a 70-year-old man and punching one other man.
Aga Mathieson, prosecuting, mentioned Morris was seen smoking about 9pm. She then discarded the cigarette, inflicting objects to catch hearth.
Ms Mathieson acknowledged: "Neighbours got here out of their properties and tried to extinguish the flames.
"One girl tried to talk to Morris who spat in direction of her twice, the saliva hitting her on the second event.
"One other neighbour tried to defuse the scenario, however Morris punched him twice and when one other man tried to calm her down she spat on him twice.
"Firefighters arrived and extinguished the flames."
Ms Mathieson mentioned the fence had been painted solely the day earlier than and the proprietor was quoted greater than £2000 for repairs.
Defence agent Elspeth Forrest blamed "extreme consumption of alcohol" for Morris's behaviour, saying she had been careless when throwing the lit cigarette away.
The solicitor added: "There have been complaints from neighbours about what she'd performed and she or he reacted in a manner that's unacceptable."
Passing sentence, Sheriff Colin Dunipace informed Morris: "I had thought-about custody and the one factor holding me again from imposing that's your lack of report.
"Had you a big report it might have been a sentence of two years."
As a substitute, the Sheriff positioned her beneath supervision for 2 years and ordered her to do 240 hours of unpaid group work.
Morris might be confined to her residence between 7pm and 7am every day beneath a six-month digital tagging order.
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