- over claim she described a woman as 'like a Michelin Man' in a book
- Val McDermid attacked at book signing by Sandra Botham
- Botham claimed McDermid had written about her in a 1995 book
- Botham said A Suitable Job For A Woman criticised her and her family
It could nearly pass as a plotline from one of her spine-chilling books.
Bestselling crime writer Val McDermid found herself the subject of an 18-year grudge which resulted in her being attacked at a book signing.
Her woman assailant disguised herself before covering the author’s face with ink, shouting obscenities at her and bizarrely likening her to Jimmy Savile.
Sandra Botham told a court she attacked The Wire In The Blood author because of a book she wrote in 1995.
Revenge attack: Sandra Botham (right) threw ink at best-selling author Val McDermid (left) after holding a 28-year vendetta over a paragraph in one of her books which she thought had likened her to a Michelin man
Sunderland magistrates’ court heard how Botham thought one of the case histories, which mentioned a woman called Sandra who was shaped ‘like a Michelin Man’, was referring to her.
The claim has been denied by the author’s agent, who says the two women never even met before the incident.
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