A TEENAGER went for a walk along the M4 while superglued to her friend, a court heard.

The bizarre incident, which took place at the end of March, landed the 16-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, in the dock at Swindon Magistrates Court earlier this week.

The youth, from Pinehurst, pleaded guilty to four charges, which included assaulting a police officer and intimidating witnesses.

The court heard that, following an assault on a 12-year-old on March 22, to which the defendant had already pleaded guilty, she and a friend had turned up at the victim’s home.

The pair were heard shouting abuse at the family and calling the victim’s mother a “snitch” and a “grass”.

The defendant and her friend then ran off when a male member of the family emerged from the house.

Later, in a bizarre turn of events, police spotted the pair wandering along the M4 stuck to each other with high strength Gorilla Glue.

Seeing they needed medical attention to be prised apart, police took them straight to the Great Western Hospital, where the 16-year-old immediately began hurling abuse at hospital staff and patients.

The threatening behaviour continued while they were being treated and, once separated, the pair were taken back to police custody.

There the defendant continued to subject officers to a barrage of abuse before kicking one constable in the leg.

Ben Worthington, defending, said his client had not approached the victim’s house in order to intimidate her or her family, but had seen her outside and decided to give her “a few choice words”.

He admitted his client had committed similar offences in the past and stressed how important it was that she receive the help and support she so badly needs.

After a brief deliberation, magistrates returned to present their verdict.

Chair of the bench, Richard Mattick, said: “Witness intimidation is a serious offence, though it does on this occasion seem more like the childish shouting of abuse rather than an attempt to make somebody change their evidence.”

Addressing the defendant, Mr Mattick said: “Your behaviour in hospital is worrying. Using bad language in the company of children and people who were ill through no fault of their own is not acceptable.

“Also, to be on the motorway in the way you were could have caused a serious accident. It could have led to other people, including you, being seriously injured.”

The defendant was given a supervision order for 12 months, which included a six month untagged curfew requiring her to remain indoors between the hours of 6pm and 7am.

She was also told to undertake 12 days of work in the community and her mother, who was sitting with her in court, was ordered to pay court costs of £85 and a victim surcharge of £20.

Mr Mattick told her she was lucky to have avoided custody.