Punch-up at baby shower involving family of darts legend

Irish Daily Mirror

27-05-2025

A family brawl erupted at a baby shower, involving relatives of a renowned darts player during what was meant to be a fun game. Sarah Wilson, 45, and her daughter Chardonnay, 20, were hauled before the court last week following the ruckus at the bash in Fife.
The tiff unfolded at Lochore Miners' Welfare Social Club where events took a turn for the worse; an expecting mother was reportedly hit and a grandmother claimed a vital feeding tube was knocked loose, a court heard. It was heard at Dunfermline Sheriff Court that Sarah Wilson from Kirkcaldy is accused of attacking Pamela Ritchie by seizing her hair and repeatedly landing blows on her body on May 18 of the previous year.
Furthermore, Chardonnay was convicted of assaulting Yvonne Ritchie, the grandmother of the father-to-be. Despite being a relative of Scottish darts icon Jocky Wilson, Sarah reacted angrily when quizzed on it.
"I'm Jocky Wilson's niece and Chardonnay is his great niece but that has nothing to do with any of this," she said.
In conversation with the Daily Record on Monday, Chardonnay - who received an absolute discharge after her guilty verdict - stood by her innocence, reports the Mirror.
Her declaration: "I didn't touch her feeding tube and I didn't pull her feeding tube out. I didn't do anything. It took three of them to try and attack me."
Baby shower games, including baby bingo, were spoiled by offensive remarks thrown across the hall in Lochore, Fife, Dunfermline Sheriff Court heard last week. The animosity between the families escalated into violence outside the Lochore hall.
Chardonnay told the court that the event, which started at 1pm, was a baby shower for her sister Chantelle, who gave birth to her daughter two weeks later.
She said the two families were seated at separate tables and "at first it was fine". The court heard there was more bickering during a game of baby bingo and allegations of inappropriate comments being made.
Claims were then made about an abusive comment, 'f****** fools", directed at the Wilsons, written on a paper plate. Chardonnay's mum Sarah is due to be sentenced on June 4 for her involvement in the incident.
Gino Gambale, Chardonnay's solicitor, requested his client be given an absolute discharge as a conviction would terminate her career as a carer. The sheriff agreed and granted her an absolute discharge.
Chardonnay continues to deny allegations that she attacked Yvonne Ritchie by punching or kicking her and attempting to remove her breathing tube.
Sheriff Susan Duff stated it would "not be proportionate" to impose a sentence that would end a young person's career in this case. She concurred with the defence's request for an absolute discharge.
Chardonnay revealed: "I was accused of battering Yvonne and I was accused of attempting to pull her feeding tube out. This has gone on for two years. Four months before all of this happened I received threatening messages."
In court, Sarah confessed to assaulting Pamela Ritchie by grabbing her hair and repeatedly punching her on the body. Meanwhile, Chardonnay Wilson from Kirkcaldy was convicted of attacking Yvonne Ritchie, who alleged Chardonnay tried to grab her vital feeding tube.