A Glenrothes teenager sent a sinister audio clip to a girl of a Stanley knife being used over a Snapchat photo of her friend with another male.
Aaron Webster previously pled guilty to sending to both girls threatening messages and videos which were grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character.
Procurator fiscal depute Lee-Anne Hannan told Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court 18-year-old Webster had reacted to an image posted on Snapchat by one of the girls, showing her with a male friend.
The fiscal depute said he sent a voice clip to her friend saying he would put her pal “in a grave” and would “punch her head in next”.
Ms Hannan continued: “A noise was heard in the background similar to the noise of a Stanley knife being retracted.”
The court heard Webster, of Paterson Park, Leslie, then said he “cannot wait to stab someone”.
Threatening messages
Ms Hannan said Webster could be heard in a further voice clip to one of the girls saying he would “slit someone’s throat” and the “sight of blood gives me a raise”.
He then told the girl if she looked out of her window she might be able to see him, which prompted her to contact police.
The threatening messages and videos were sent on May 15 this year.
In the early hours of the next day, police traced Webster outside an address in Glenrothes.
It was unclear if it was the address of either of the complainers, who are too young to be identified publicly.
Ms Hannan said Webster was searched by officers, who found him in possession of a Stanley knife, which he told officers he carried for work.
Webster pled guilty to a charge of having a Stanley knife with him on May 16.
‘Meltdown’
Defence lawyer David Cranston said first offender Webster appeared to be ashamed and embarrassed by his actions.
The lawyer said he understood Webster had been sent pictures of the girl with other men, which seemed to send him into a “bit of a meltdown”.
Sheriff Elizabeth McFarlane told Webster to “grow up” and gave him a structured deferred sentence for three months.
