Lanarkshire police officer found not guilty of attacking her fiancé

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A Lanarkshire police officer has been cleared of claims she attacked her police constable fiancé while he had a Rangers "title party" at their home.Lara McAulay, 32, was alleged to have assaulted Gers fan PC Gordon Dunn, 33, during a drinking session last season.Glasgow Sheriff Court heard Dunn downed four bottles of wine, two litres of beer and a gin cocktail while celebrating Celtic's January 2021 loss to St Mirren at Celtic Park.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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Prosecutors claimed McAulay, who was working as an Acting Sergeant in Hamilton at the time, punched him twice in the face, leaving him with a red and swollen eye.

McAulay denied assaulting Dunn at the home they shared with her 71-year-old mother, Marjorie, in Rutherglen. But she admitted raising her hands to him, claiming she acted in self-defence as she believed he was going to assault her or her mum.Giving evidence, McAulay, who has been an officer with Police Scotland for seven years, said: "Gordon was watching the football."I don't know much about football.