A WOMAN has been fined for using threatening words against a man.

Kirsty Ann Clarke was charged with using threatening or abusive words to cause likely to cause harassment alarm or distress.

The 31-year-old defendant admitted the charge when she appeared before South Cumbria Magistrates' Court.

Clarke, of Rawlinson Street in Barrow, was fined £80 by the court and told to pay a £34 victim surcharge and £85 in prosecution costs for the offence.