Mystery question that led to punch up at baby shower with family of darts star

Daily Mirror

28-05-2025

Relatives of darts star Jocky Wilson were involved in a family punch up at a Fife baby shower which saw one grandmother claim she had her feeding tube dislodged
Relatives of an all-star darts player became embroiled in a baby shower brawl after a 16-word, initially innocent-seeming question was floated during the celebration.
A party thrown at Lochore Miners' Welfare Social Club in Fife, Scotland, held on May 18 last year to celebrate the impending arrival of Chantelle Wilson's baby daughter had gotten off to a good start, with family members happily chattering and playing games.
But the event turned sour when some of the games were used to throw insults. A punch-up at the club landed the expectant mum's mother Sarah Wilson and her sister Chardonnay - both relatives of Scots darts legend Jocky Wilson - in court after the expectant dad's mum was punched and his grandmother claimed her essential feeding tube was dislodged.
The hearing at Dunfermline Sheriff Court in Lochore, Fife, heard all was "fine" at first as the two families sat at different tables, but moods soured during a gave of "Would Mummy Rather".
One baby shower attendee brazenly asked: "Would mummy rather put a bottle on for the baby or open a bottle of wine?". The question, Chardonnay Wilson told the court, left her sister "upset" and "everything started to escalate from there" with arguments being traded back and forth before her mum Sarah said: "They could speak any other day but not to spoil the occasion."
The arguments came to a head when allegations of abusive sexual comments were made during a game of "Baby Bingo", with rows only increasing in intensity until they broke out into a fully-fledged assault outside the shower venue.
Chardonnay was found guilty of assaulting Yvonne Ritchie, the grandma of father-to-be Ben, who alleged her essential feeding tube was dislodged during the violence. The court also heard that Sarah Wilson of Kirkcaldy allegedly assaulted Pamela Ritchie by grabbing her hair and repeatedly punching her on the body.
She reacted angrily when asked about her relation to Jocky Wilson by the Daily Record, saying: "I'm Jocky Wilson's niece and Chardonnay is his great niece but that has nothing to do with any of this."
Chardonnay, who was found guilty of assault, was handed an absolute discharge by a sheriff after her solicitor Gino Gambale argued the conviction would end her career as a carer. She denies having ever assaulted Ms Ritchie, saying she "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".
Sarah admitted to assaulting Pamela Ritchie by seizing her by the hair and repeatedly punching her on the body. Chantelle Wilson broke her silence on the events at her baby shower last year in a post earlier this month.
Writing on Facebook, she said she had "kept my mouth closed for nearly a year", and that "finally this nightmare is over with". She added that she is still with her partner, saying: "Me and my family KNOW THE TRUTH!!! I can say a lot more but I don't need to explain myself to anyone just shows though me and Ben are still together even after all of this."