A Dundee man who threatened to kill his neighbour by “putting a brick over her head” has been jailed for eight months.
Mark Nelson, 43, called the woman “a grass” and threatened to smash her window after police arrested him over his drunken behaviour in the city’s Douglas area last September.
Fiscal depute Douglas Wiseman said police had received a number of complaints from Nelson’s neighbours at around 11am after his behaviour had “started to escalate”, and he was subsequently arrested.
The following day at 1pm, a female neighbour returned home to see Nelson shouting at her from a window: “You’re a grass, I’ve been to Bell Street because of you.”
Later that evening, Nelson threatened to smash the woman’s window, shouting: “Come outside, I’ll sort you out. I’ll put a brick over your head.”
Nelson was seen through the woman’s door peephole with a brick in his hand.
After being arrested, he continued to shout and swear at the neighbour, saying: “I’m going to kill you.”
Brian Cooney, defending, said: “Mr Nelson is currently serving a custodial sentence for breaching bail conditions.
“Alcohol was a major factor and he has been receiving alcohol counselling.”
Nelson, of Balunie Crescent, admitted conducting himself in a disorderly manner by shouting and uttering threats towards a woman, threatening to kill her and committing a breach of the peace on September 4.
He also admitted behaving in a disorderly manner and threatening to kill the same woman and damage her property the following day.
Sheriff Tom Hughes told Nelson: “These are serious charges and this is a matter of some concern.
“A custodial sentence is inevitable.”
Sheriff Hughes jailed Nelson for eight months to run concurrently with his existing sentence.