A Forfar youth may face custody if he does not “grasp the opportunity” provided by a community sentence, a sheriff warned.
Douglas Jacob Vuyk Millar (17), of East High Street, was sentenced to 120 hours’ community service at Forfar Sheriff Court yesterday for carrying an offensive weapon in public and threatening the occupants of a house.
Millar had previously admitted that on May 14 in Lordburn Place, Forfar, he conducted himself in a disorderly manner, shouted, threatened the occupants of a local property with violence and committed a breach of the peace.
He had further admitted having an offensive weapon a wooden slat in a public place at the same location.
Millar also earlier pleaded guilty to brandishing the slat, threatening the occupants of the house with violence and making threats to smash the windows of the address.
Describing the incident, fiscal depute Hannah Kennedy said, “This wasn’t a brief incident, it took some time. When the police arrived he was still in the street shouting and swearing and brandishing the slat.”
Millar’s defence solicitor, Bob Bruce, said that his client had been drinking at the time of the incident and had reacted badly when he received a phone call advising him that he would be “smashed up.”
Sentencing Millar to 120 hours’ community service, Sheriff Kevin Veal warned him that further offending could result in custody.
“If he offends in the future, whether it is alcohol-fuelled or not, it may be difficult to avoid custody. He has been given an opportunity and should grasp it.”