Boozed-up blade yob asked cops to take him home

Police seized knife from lout after he requested a lift

A drunken yob was snared with a kitchen knife after asking police for a lift home.

Chancer Callum Maxwell, 24, was causing a danger to the traffic in the early hours of the morning and officers were asked to attend the incident.

Paisley Sheriff Court heard Maxwell, who has a record of violence and for carrying blades, was discovered with a kitchen knife in his jacket.

Fiscal depute Keri Marshall said: “Around 6.40am on Saturday, August 18, police were asked to attend Glasgow Road, Barrhead, following reports of a man staggering about there.

“Officers heard he had almost came into contact with the traffic.

“Police attended and traced the accused to Dovecothall Street where he appeared unsteady on his feet. “He was drunk. “He asked the officers if they could take him home to Linwood.

“The accused was asked to sit in the rear of the vehicle and he was informed he would be subject to a search.

“During the search officers found a darkhandled kitchen knife in his front left hand jacket pocket.

“He was arrested at that time and made no reply.”

Maxwell appeared from custody yesterday and pleaded guilty to a charge of possession of a bladed object, namely a knife, in a public place without reasonable excuse or lawful authority.

The court heard Maxwell, who is currently in HMP Low Moss, but formerly of Bridge of Weir Road, Linwood, had only been released from prison in July after serving more than a year in jail of a 32-month stretch for a previous offence of carrying blades.

The yob was out on licence when he committed his latest offence and he was told he will serve the “unexpired portion” of 502 days in addition to the sentence handed him by the court.

Defence agent Gordon Ritchie said: “There had been an analogous offence and he had been subject to period of imprisonment and was on a supervised release order at the time of the commission of this offence.

“The supervised release order was not going very well and he found himself back in custody.

“He has been on remand and has already served the equivalent to a five month sentence. “He has little recollection of the offence. “He came to the attention of police not because he was aggressive but because he was drunk.

“He has pleaded guilty at the earliest opportunity.”

Sheriff Seith Ireland remanded Maxwell in custody while he called for background reports and the preparation of an assessment for a supervised release order.

He will discover his fate when he appears at court on November 28.