Moray Courts – Buckie woman repeatedly punched other driver

A mum-of-eight who was the victim of a stabbing two years ago has appeared in court after she assaulted another woman.

Elgin Sheriff Court heard that Kaylana Murray launched the attack on March 28 in 2024.

The other woman had been driving along Cluny Place in Buckie when Murray’s black jeep in front braked abruptly.

Both vehicles again came to a halt a short while later at the junction with West Church Street.

Fiscal depute Sophie Marshall told the court that Murray got out of her jeep and walked back towards the car behind.

The prosecutor added: “The witness rolled down her window a little and told the accused to go away because she had a child in the car with her.

“The accused grabbed her by the hair and attempted to pull her out of the vehicle.”

It was stated that Murray landed several punches.

When the police arrived on the scene they described the other woman as having “significant” swelling to her jaw and several scratches around her face.

The incident was captured on CCTV. A couple of days afterwards Murray went on her own accord to Elgin police station.

Defence solicitor Robert Cruickshank stated there had been a background to the attack. This, the lawyer said, accounted for the “heightened degree of ill will between the parties”.

Both had been involved in a public row outside the town’s ScotMid Store in June 2023. This ended with the woman’s partner stabbing Murray with a flick knife, leaving her with a punctured lung and having to be airlifted to hospital in Aberdeen.

Mr Cruickshank asked for his 34-year-old client, who is pregnant, to be spared having to carry out unpaid work for the community, adding, “if not for her sake, then for the sake of her children.”

Sheriff Olga Pasportnikov instead ordered for Murray, of Douglas Crescent, Buckie, to be placed under the court’s supervision for the next 12 months.