A Sandys woman admitted to violently resisting arrest and assaulting a Police officer when she appeared in Magistrates' Court.

Zharrin Frankie Simmons, 19, of Farmstead Lane, pleaded guilty to the offences, but said she was acting in self-defence.

The court heard that officers in St. George's were dispatched to a disturbance outside the Co-Educational facility on September 2, at 10.50 p.m.

When the officers arrived at the scene the people had already left, but soon after the officers were alerted to a vehicle with a man and three women near Kindley Field Road. Two of the women had warrants for different offences, one was Simmons.

She was placed in a Police car, but tried desperately to escape, said Crown counsel Nicole Smith. Simmons kicked at the officer and slammed him against a fence, causing the officer an injury to his back, before trying to run away.

Simmons has previous convictions of a similar nature and was one of the five young people on trial for the murder of Kellon Hill on August 9, 2008. She was acquitted of the charges of murder and possession of a weapon last year.

Simmons: "Due to the situation I did resist arrest before everything because I did ask the officer if he could loosen up my handcuffs and he did not at the time and I got upset.

"In terms of running, the officer grabbed me by the neck, he wouldn't let go. He was arresting me, he was choking me and anything could have happened."

Magistrate Juan Wolffe ordered a social inquiry report for Simmons to be reviewed on October 8. Until then he released her on $1,000 bail and encouraged her to turn her life around.

"You are at a very serious crossroads in your life and I do not want you to blame anyone else for what is going on here. So we need to get you back on track. If not, I need to put you in a place where you get back on track."