A GREENOCK woman sent a care worker chilling threats claiming that she'd 'take your face off' - after seeking the woman out on Facebook.

Kaila Allan later tried to backtrack by claiming that she didn't mean what she'd said.

But a judge slammed the 20-year-old for her "disgusting" behaviour - committed just days after Allan had been released from court on bail.

Greenock Sheriff Court heard the messages were sent from Allan's home address on Ingleston Street on October 3.

Allan was sentenced after pleading guilty to a charge of sending messages to the woman which were "grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character".

Fiscal depute Raeesa Ahmed said Allan had been at the property with the complainer and another witness at around 10am on the date in question.

She was seen to be ‘quite aggressive’ towards the care worker at the time.

Around an hour later, the woman received a friend request from Allan on Facebook.

Allan then sent a message in which she referred to the woman as a ‘rat’ and told her she would ‘take the face clean off you’.

Ms Ahmed said: “The witness was severely alarmed and she believed these to be threats.

“She reported the matter to police, who then attended the accused’s home address and cautioned and charged her.”

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In response, Allan said: “I didn’t mean it. It was just anger.

“It was just messages. I wasn’t going to do it.”

Allan committed the offence having been released from the same court on supervised bail just days earlier.

Defence solicitor Amy Spencer told the court that following Allan's release, windows at her property were broken while she slept.

"She was in fear for her safety," Ms Spencer added.

"That’s why she contacted these witnesses initially.

“The witnesses attended to assess the damage and to see how Miss Allan was.

“She fully acknowledges that she has, as she describes it, ‘went off on one’.

“She does offer her unreserved apologies to the worker.”

Sheriff James Varney noted that Allan had ‘sought out’ the woman on Facebook and said her behaviour must be marked in a punitive manner.

He told Allan: “Your behaviour was disgraceful.

“You cannot treat people that way who are trying to help you.”

Allan was ordered to carry out 50 hours of unpaid work within six months.