A MAN who pointed an air rifle at a teenager who parked in his space was today placed on a curfew for eight months.
Andrew Colvin, 40, of Albert Street, admitted pointing a gun at Jayne Hudson and Alexander McGowan.
Dundee Sheriff Court heard that Miss Hudson, 19, had manoeuvred into a bay at a private car park on Whalers Close last May 13.
Moments later, Colvin shouted that he had paid for the space and demanded she move her car, before calling her offensive names and swearing at her.
Colvin then went into his flat. The driver’s partner Mr McGowan, 25 – who had got out of Miss Hudson’s car when she parked and went to a shop – returned and the couple got ready to leave the car park.
Fiscal depute Eilidh Robertson said: “They saw the accused at a window next to the balcony holding an air rifle and pointing it towards Miss Hudson and her vehicle.
“He was waving the gun about and the witnesses formed the impression he was doing so to intimidate them.
“They were extremely frightened and felt threatened, so phoned the police.”
Sheriff Carmichael said: “The gun was not loaded but they would not have known that.”
He placed Colvin on a restriction of liberty order, confining him to his home address between 7pm and 7am daily.
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