A Perth man who threatened to slit the throats of police and accused his girlfriend of kidnapping their toddler has been sentenced to detention for 14 months.
Perth Sheriff Court heard that Jordan Mitchell, 20, of Coldstream Avenue, also punched and spat on a nightclub door steward after being told he was too drunk to enter.
Depute fiscal Stuart Richardson said: “On May 3 last year the accused had far too much to drink and was in the house with his partner and child. The woman didn’t approve of him being drunk and asked a friend to pick her up.”
The court heard that the woman was trying to put the child in a car when Mitchell tried to remove the toddler.
Mr Richardson said: “The accused shouted at the woman, ‘do not kidnap the baby’. He shouted at the woman and spat on the car.”
Another offence was committed on an occasion when Mitchell had been arrested in Perth city centre and was in a police car.
“The accused told the officers he would stab one of them and that he knew where he lived,” Mr Richardson said.
“The accused said he would slit the officers’ throats.”
The court also heard of a further incident when Mitchell’s former girlfriend posted a photograph of a man beside their child on Facebook. Mitchell took exception to the photograph and threatened the man on the site, stating he was “on my way to get you”.
Solicitor Linda Clark, defending, said her client had alcohol issues and his relationship with his former partner had been “under some strain”.
She told the court: “My client saw the photograph on Facebook and didn’t like the message below it, which said, ‘life is just perfect’.”
Mitchell admitted that on November 30 2013 at the Karnival Club, South Methven Street, Perth, he assaulted a man by punching him on the head and spitting at him.
He also admitted that on May 3 last year on High Street, Errol, he shouted abuse and repeatedly kicked and spat on a car.
Mitchell also pleaded guilty to a charge that between October 11 and 12 last year in the rear of a police car and in the custody suite of Perth police HQ he shouted, swore, acted aggressively and threatened violence to police officers and their families.
In addition, he admitted that on January 2 this year at Daleally Crescent, Errol, he sent text messages to a man that were grossly offensive.
Sentencing Mitchell, Sheriff Lindsay Foulis said: “It is time you woke up and smelt the coffee.”