Published: Thursday, 20th March, 2008 3:00pm

Woman had brick in handbag

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Greenock Sheriff Court

POLICE were left stunned when a routine drug search on a woman turned up a brick in her handbag.

Officers quizzed Sandra McKillop when they saw her acting suspiciously on Glasgow Road, in Port Glasgow.

They decided to search the Port woman for drugs — but instead, they discovered a building brick.

The 30-year-old claimed her sister had been robbed of her giro by a gang of teenage girls and she was on her way to comfort her.

She claimed the brick was for protection because she believed one of the robbers had a knife.

McKillop admitted possession of an offensive weapon when she appeared at the sheriff court yesterday.

Sheriff Vincent Canavan gave her a second chance by deferring sentence for six months for her to be of good behaviour.