He kicked two police officers

Violently attacking two police officers led to a Kirkshaws teenager being sentenced to unpaid work.

Ross Barrett was confronted by the two male constables on Willow Drive in Airdrie on August 20.

Barrett then began shouting and swearing at the cops and behaved in a “threatening and abusive manner”.

The officers then attempted to place the 18-year-old under arrest, but he repeatedly kicked one of them on the body.

Higherness Way resident Barrett was eventually taken into custody at Coatbridge police office.

However, his aggressive actions didn’t end there as he then foolishly thought it was a good idea to kick the second constable on the body.

Barrett’s behaviour landed him in the dock at Airdrie Sheriff Court, where he pleaded guilty to the three charges.

He was back for sentencing last week following a deferral for background reports and defence solicitor Darran Khorasani revealed his client was apologetic and remorseful for his “unacceptable behaviour”.

Barrett avoided jail time, but a visibly unimpressed Sheriff Frank Pieri told him: “This was a serious offence.

“Police officers have every right to expect to do their job without suffering from this type of abuse.

“As a direct alternative to custody, I will impose a community payback order.

“If you breach this order and are brought back before me, then you can be sentenced all over again and, as this is an alternative to custody, you know what to expect.”

Barrett will have to carry out 120 hours of unpaid work, which Sheriff Pieri reduced from 150 hours due to his guilty plea.

Youth struggled violently with trio

A troublesome teenager who “struggled violently” with three Kirkwood residents has been tagged.

Steven Marshall showed up at the dwelling house of a property on Aitkenhead Avenue on March 21.

The emotionally-charged 19-yearold then repeatedly struck the front door with an “unidentified object” before kicking it.

Marshall later tried to force his way in the door which led to two men and a woman who lived there confronting him; he then violently struggled with the trio and placed them in a “state of fear and alarm”.

Police attended and Marshall, who stays in Glasgow, was later placed under arrest and taken to Coatbridge police office.

Marshall admitted behaving in a threatening and abusive manner and sentence was deferred until last week at Airdrie Sheriff Court for the completion of criminal justice social work reports examining his background.

Sheriff Frank Pieri chose to effectively make Marshall a prisoner in his own home for much of the next two months by sentencing him to a restriction of liberty order.

During that time, Marshall will be tagged and confined to his property between the hours of 7pm and 7am each day.

Pensioner falsely claimed £7000

A Chapelhall pensioner who fraudulently got her hands on £7000 over a 10- year period has been admonished at Airdrie Sheriff Court.

Helen Grant claimed the four-figure sum in Pension Credit between 2005 and 2015.

She wasn’t entitled to the money and her actions – where she provided false information – were finally uncovered by the authorities.

Grant, who lives in Gibb Street, owned up to the deceitful gathering of funds at Airdrie Sheriff Court and returned to the dock last week for her sentencing.

After hearing from Grant’s defence lawyer that the 77-year-old had kept out of further trouble, Sheriff Frank Pieri told Grant she was “admonished and dismissed”.

A Crown motion for forfeiture of the stolen funds was then scheduled for early next year.

Pole-wielding yob in breach

An Airdrie yob who brandished a wooden pole at his mum during an alarming disturbance at his old home address has admitted breaching his court order punishment.

Patrick Kelly, 26, admitted shouting, swearing and uttering threats before striking and kicking a door and wielding the wooden item, placing his petrified mother in a state of fear and alarm.

The offence took place at Kelly’s former home on Moss Avenue in Caldercruix back in October 2015.

He pleaded guilty a day later and was sentenced to a community payback order at Airdrie Sheriff Court two months after the offence, when his then-lawyer, Tony Linden revealed: “He relies heavily on his mother and does have learning difficulties.”

However, Kelly found himself back in the dock last week facing accusations that he had defied his subsequent court order.

Kelly, whose address was given as the homeless unit on Airdrie’s Black Street in Thrashbush, owned up to the breach, which was confirmed by his defence lawyer, Paul Nicolson.

Presiding sheriff, Frank Pieri, then informed Kelly he was adjourning deliberation on the breach until January 10 to allow the court to carry out “criminal justice social work reports”.

If you breach this order and are brought back before me, then you can be sentenced all over again