A man threatened a shop worker with a large hunting knife after the assistant refused to sell him beer.
Sean Thomson, 26, had written his own name on the knife’s eight-inch blade with a marker pen before the incident.
Thomson, of Dunholm Road, tucked the knife into the front of his jeans then tried to buy beer from the Co-op on Charleston Drive.
Employee Kyle Balfour, 23, refused to sell Thomson alcohol but he became aggressive.
Fiscal Depute Eilidh Robertson told Dundee Sheriff Court the incident happened on August 10 last year.
She said: “The accused approached the till, staffed by Mr Balfour, with four bottles of beer. Mr Balfour refused to serve the accused beer as he formed the opinion he was drunk.
“The accused was not pleased with this and started to argue with Mr Balfour, saying ‘mate, I’m not drunk, I’m just out of Bell Street so I want to get drunk.’ ”
Thomson then shouted offensive comments at Mr Balfour and moved towards the exit.
He stopped in the doorway and turned and lifted his top, revealing the large knife tucked into his jeans.
Thomson then shouted: “I’ll wait and see you at the end.”
After police were called, officers reviewed CCTV and traced Thomson nearby, with the fiscal adding: “He began to run when he saw police but they gave chase and apprehended him outside his home address.”
He was searched and found with a hunting knife.
Thomson admitted behaving in a threatening or abusive manner, and having a knife, both at the Co-op, Charleston Drive, on August 10 last year.
Sentence was deferred until June 2.
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