KILMARNOCK celebrated winning the Scottish Championship when Blair Alston slotted in a 90th minute winner against Arbroath at Rugby Park on April 22 last year.

For Killie fans it will be a day that lives long in the memory - for some more so than others.

Chloe Spence will remember that day not only for watching her side lift silverware for the second time in her lifetime - but for it landing her a date in the dock at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court.

The 23-year-old, of Bruce Avenue in Dundonald, appeared in front of Sheriff Laura Mundell on Thursday, October 12, where she pleaded guilty to one offence in relation to that day.

The keen supporter admitted to culpably and recklessly having a lit pyrotechnic device in here possession within the stadium that night.

The procurator fiscal depute then explained the background to the situation which landed Spence in front of the Sheriff.

The accused had been attending the match, alongside 11,000 other supporters and was within the standing section of Rugby Park's East Stand.

Police using handheld cameras at the match captured Spence holding the lit pyrotechnic during the match.

Following the game, officers police stopped the accused and noted that she had blue stains on her hand.

As a result, she was cautioned, charged and made no reply - but did say she was holding it for someone else.

Her defence solicitor then explained how Spence was actually a season ticket holder in another part of the ground - though she had moved for this particular match to be in the aforementioned area alongside her friends.

Spence said she notice a male that she believed the be drunk standing behind her with the pyrotechnic, which she took off him.

"She did not take this item into Rugby Park," her solicitor explained. "She should have had nothing to do with it and she accepts that.

"It is regrettable because it could have an affect on her ability to attend matches – a quite significant blow. She should know better."

Though passing sentence, Sheriff Mundell informed Spence that she would not be enforcing a football banning order - but only by the "narrowest of margins".

She added that she hoped that Spence had now learned her lesson the hard way - and that she hopes not to see the first-time offender back in court again.

Sheriff Mundell then handed Spence a £320 fine.