27-05-2025
Darts star Jocky Wilson's family speak out after baby shower descends into chaos
Sarah Wilson, 45, and daughter Chardonnay, 20, ended up in court over the fracas but have claimed they are the victims of a two-year long vendetta.
Darts legend Jocky Wilson's niece and her daughter have hit back after being convicted over a rumpus at a baby shower.
Sarah Wilson, 45, and daughter Chardonnay, 20, ended up in court last week over the fracas at the family event in Fife.
The baby shower, which had been attended by feuding families, ended in violence with a mum being punched and a gran claiming Chardonnay dislodged her 'essential' feeding tube.
The mother and daughter were convicted last week over their part in the affair but insist they did nothing wrong.
Sarah is the niece of Scottish darts legend Jocky - but reacted furiously when asked about her relationship with the late sporstman.
She said: 'I'm Jocky Wilson's niece and Chardonnay is his great niece but that has nothing to do with any of this.'
Speaking to the Record yesterday Chardonnay - who was given an absolute discharge by a sheriff after being found guilty - insisted she was innocent.
She said: '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.'
Light-hearted games at the baby shower, such as baby bingo, were ruined by offensive comments fired back and forth across the hall in Lochore, Fife, Dunfermline Sheriff Court had heard last week.
The bad feeling between the families escalated to violence outside the Lochore hall.
Chardonnay told the court the event had started at 1pm and was a baby shower for her sister Chantelle ahead of the birth of her daughter, which occurred a fortnight later.
She said the two families were sitting at different tables and 'at first it was fine'.
The court was told there was more arguing during a game of baby bingo and allegations about sexual comments being heard.
There were then claims about an abusive comment, 'f****** fools', aimed at the Wilsons, being written on a paper plate.
Chardonnay's mum Sarah will be sentenced on June 4 for her part in the incident.
Gino Gambale, solicitor for Chardonnay, asked for his client to be given an absolute discharge as a conviction would end her career as a carer. The sheriff agreed and gave her an absolute discharge.
Chardonnay continues to refute the claims she was behind an attack on Yvonne Ritchie by punching or kicking her and trying to pull out the breathing tube.
Sheriff Susan Duff said it would 'not be proportionate' to impose a sentence which would end a young person's career in this case.
She agreed to the defence request for an absolute discharge.
Chardonnay said: '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.'
Sarah admitted in court that on 18 th May last year at Lochore Miners' Welfare Institute, Lochleven Road, Lochore, she assaulted Pamela Ritchie by seizing her by the hair and repeatedly punching her on the body.
Chardonnay Wilson, of Hendry Crescent, Kirkcaldy, was found guilty of a charge that she assaulted Yvonne Ritchie, who had claimed she by attempted to seize her essential feeding tube.
