Lout ends up in the dock after threat to cops

A bigodt caged for 10 months told cops: “I’ll rip your face right off”.

Michael Bryce, 25, hurled homophobic abuse at police on two separate occasions after he was stopped near Paisley town centre.

He bawled “f****t” at officers called to probe disturbances and began violently jostling with them when they tried to restrain him in Canal Street.

Fiscal depute Joanne Gilmour told how Bryce began struggling with constables Ryan O’Donnell and Callum Cahill until they managed to wrestle him into a car.

She said: “He made threats of assault and said ‘I’ll f*****g rip your face right off, you c**t’ and ‘see when I get you on your own, you’re f****d’.

“They placed him in the vehicle but he continued.

“They stopped and took him out and put him in the prone position. “Straps had to be applied. “A van had to be called and he was placed inside. But he continued to refer to police as ‘gay’, ‘f****s’ and ‘virgins’.”

The yob admitted obstructing officers in their duty and making vile slurs when he appeared at Paisley Sheriff Court.

He was put in a cell after the rammy in Canal Street on January 12.

It came almost exactly a year after he was locked up for making similar abusive rants at police.

Bryce was stopped in Maxwellton Street after officers were called to investigate reports of disorder on January 30, 2016.

The court heard he began acting in a threatening or abusive manner and shouted and swore at them, while making homophobic remarks.

The thug was arrested and cuffed in the back of a car, but continued to shriek on the journey to the station.

Bryce appeared from HMP Low Moss, where he was held on remand, to admit the charges, which also included three counts of dodging previous court appearances.

As he was led down to the cells, a woman told him: “I love you, keep your chin up, son”.

Defence lawyer Marco Buonaccorsi told the court his client wanted to “be able to move on”.

But Sheriff David Pender warned Bryce, of Carwood Street, Greenock, he had no choice but to jail him.

He said: “You were extremely offensive to PC O’Donnell.

“When you were in the back of the police cars, you were making homophobic remarks.”