Career criminal begs sheriff from the dock to let her fight "tooth and nail" to lead a sober life

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A former hairdresser who once raided a shop dressed in bin bags and crashed a car while five times the limit pleaded with a sheriff to allow her to fight “tooth and nail” to lead a sober life.Career criminal Denise Caisley smashed her car in Paisley’s Seedhill Road then begged cops “Please don’t tell my mum” when they arrested her.Caisley, 37, who was serving a 12-year driving ban for a previous drink-drive offence, also spat at a police officer and repeatedly kicked another when they were taking her to the police station.At Paisley Sheriff Court, Caisley stood in the dock and asked to speak to Sheriff Brian Mohan to give her a chance to lead a sober life rather than a life behind bars.Standing in the dock, she pleaded: “Before this, I had been sober for two years and attended AA.

I came off anti-booze as I thought I was ready, but alcohol took back over my life.“I want to be sober for the rest of my life.“I can fight tooth and nail to be sober again.“I’m hurting my family and disappointing my mum.

I don’t want to do that anymore.” Don't miss the latest headlines from around Renfrewshire.

Sign up to our newsletters here. Sheriff Mohan said: “You are a true Jekyll and Hyde character - when your demon state takes over and you start drinking and you can’t stop.“It is fortunate with a 109mg reading that you didn’t kill someone.”Procurator fiscal David McDonald previously told the court: “Around 5.30pm on November 13, Caisley was seen on Lacy Street, in Paisley, and she appeared to be heavily intoxicated with a set of car keys