A man who caused a rooftop siege in a Fife village has been jailed for eight months.
Dylan Flockhart caught a bus from Kirkcaldy to Kinghorn on September 30.
After abusing passengers, he left the bus high on diazepam and was met by police.
However, he clambered on to a roof, where he stayed for hours.
Appearing from custody on Monday, Flockhart, of Glenalmond, Whitburn, asked to be jailed and was handed the maximum sentence by Sheriff Timothy Niven-Smith.
Mayhem on the top deck
Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court heard that after boarding the number seven service, Flockhart began acting in an abusive manner on the top deck, directing threats at a 16-year-old girl.
Fiscal depute Laurelle Johnstone said: “He was described as being heavily under the influence of drugs.
“He was swearing at a witness, saying ‘I’ll kill your brother, I’ll fight him’.
“The accused was standing in the aisle, refusing to move.”
One of the witnesses had to take their brother downstairs, away from Flockhart.
A passenger eventually calmed the 25-year-old.
Rooftop siege
Ms Johnstone added: “The bus then entered Kinghorn and at this time the accused began shouting again to the whole bus.”
Flockhart shouted: “I’ll kill you, I’ll find your family and kill you.”
Police were called but Flockhart ran from them when he left the bus and clambered on to the roof of a building on Rossland Place.
Ms Johnstone said: “He was shouting and swearing.
“He picked up a broken piece of glass and cut both of his forearms and also his neck.
“After a number of hours, he came down under the condition that he would be given treatment for mental health.”
Flockhart was taken to hospital and then to Kirkcaldy Police Station.
Looking for ‘clean slate’
He admitted breaching bail conditions, acting threateningly on the bus and again on the roof in Kinghorn.
His solicitor David Cranston said: “His mental health has been very up and down in the years I’ve known him.”
“Mr Flockhart accepts he behaved very badly.
“There’s not very much he can remember of the events over the last few days.
“He expects for his behaviour in these events to lead to the imposition of a custodial sentence.
“He appreciates if he was liberated, he doesn’t trust himself to stay away from drugs and from chaos.
“He at least has the self-awareness to know that.
“His longer-term intention now is to try and get out with a clear head and a clean slate.”
Tormented partner in West Lothian
Flockhart also admitted breaching bail and acting threateningly, haranguing a woman he had been ordered to avoid.
In November last year, he was made subject to bail conditions not to contact the woman but on September 3, they travelled together to a pub in Livingston to watch an Old Firm match.
The got into a noisy dispute and a witness had to shelter the frightened woman in a Job Centre.
She was taken to her car but Flockhart caught up with them and began shouting again so police were called.
Locked up
Sheriff Niven-Smith jailed Flockhart for eight months and issued a two-year non-harassment order to protect the woman.
He said: “For the first time in the time that you’ve been appearing before me, you’ve shown a degree of maturity.
“I note that when you’ve had imprisonment in the past, it hasn’t stopped you from offending.
“Rather than waste court time, I will deal with it by imposition of imprisonment, having reached the view there is no alternative.
“Your record is unenviable for a man so young.”
Record of losing temper
In 2019, Flockhart was jailed for a violent attack in Burntisland, which was filmed and circulated on social media.
Then 22, he kicked and stamped on the head of a man who had been walking in the area of Lammerlaws Road.
The victim did not suffer significant injuries but Flockhart has been sentenced to four months behind bars.
Just months earlier, Flockhart admitted smashing up his partner’s TV in a fit of jealousy, causing £400 worth of damage.
