A teenager brandished a knife at his mum during an outburst at her home in Arbroath.
Aaron Hill admitted behaving in a threatening or abusive way at a property in the city’s Little Cairnie on April 30.
The 19-year-old shouted, swore and upturned furniture, before running into the garden with his top off.
He returned to the house and upon seeing his mother trying to leave, grabbed a knife and ran towards her.
Hill seized hold of her while brandishing the blade and dragged her back to the lounge.
Fiscal depute Jill Drummond told Forfar Sheriff Court she was contacted by Mrs Hill, who said her son was “full of regret and sorry for what he had done.”
Sheriff Jillian Martin-Brown placed Hill on a low-tariff structured deferred sentence (LTSD) for three months.
An LTSD was devised locally for offenders who have a limited criminal record or whose offending was associated with mental health or substance misuses issues.
The case will call again on December 30.
Trial collapses
Notorious paedophile Philip Robertson, who stalked an 11-year-old girl, has been released from custody after a trial against him collapsed. He was accused of breaching the terms of a Sex Offences Prevention Order (SOPO) by being in contact with a baby girl at a house in Angus, where he worked as a gardener.
Wood-wielding police aggression
A wood-wielding thug ranted at police officers and showered them with spittle.
Eric Cox appeared at Perth Sheriff Court and admitting behaving in a threatening manner, likely to cause fear and alarm, on a journey between Albert Street and Maryfield Police Office in Dundee on June 1 last year.
According to court papers, he acted aggressively, made offensive remarks and repeatedly shouted and swore and “whilst doing so spittle left your mouth and landed on police constables Kirsty Currie and Jack Hunter”.
Cox, 45, whose address was given as HMP Perth, repeatedly kicked and headbutted the cage in the back of the police van.
He further admitted assaulting PC Currie by kicking her on the body.
And he pled guilty to having an offensive weapon – a piece of wood.
However, a further charge of domestic assault was deserted by the court after the complainer – Cox’s ex-partner – failed to show up for a second time after multiple efforts to contact her failed.
Sentence was deferred on the other matters until October 27.
The case was transferred to Dundee Sheriff Court.
Montrose pub assault
Liam Bailey, 25, of Montrose was sentenced for slapping a woman on the buttocks and assaulting a doorman at a pub in the town. The Montrose Roselea JFC player appeared at Forfar Sheriff Court following the incident in Sharkys.
‘Just as bad as each other’
A Montrose man ranted at his partner and pushed her after she brought him a cup of coffee in bed.
Donal Smith appeared at Forfar Sheriff Court and admitted behaving in a way likely to cause fear or alarm at a property in Coronation Way on June 23.
Fiscal depute Jill Drummond said he got into an argument with his girlfriend after she handed him at coffee at 7.30am.
He acted in an aggressive manner towards the woman, shouted and swore at her and pushed her.
Smith, 41, refused to leave when requested to do so.
When he was charged by police, he told officers: “We were just as bad as each other.”
Sheriff Jillian Martin-Brown ordered Smith to carry out 90 hours of unpaid work.
“It’s clear you have demonstrated remorse and you have adhered to your bail conditions,” she said.
Pub ruckus
A County Durham man has admitted battering another man at a Fife pub.
Liam Allport, who comes from Darlington, attacked his victim at the Burgh Arms in Inverkeithing on August 19 last year.
The 30-year-old admitted punching Daniel Hazel, causing him to fall to the ground, and repeatedly punch him as he lay on the ground.
He further admitted breaking windows at the pub and to behaving in a threatening and abusive manner while in a police van on the way to Dunfermline police station.
Sentence was deferred for reports.
