Yob beat up sister and mum

A yob lashed out and battered his mum and sister after having a heated argument — with himself, in the mirror.

Connor Logan lost the plot after returning to the family home drunk.

He began arguing with himself in a mirror and when his mum, Gail Harper, asked him to leave due to his erratic behaviour, he turned violent.

He grabbed her by the throat and pinned her against the wall — leaving her screaming for help.

And when his sister, Chloe Logan, intervened to try to stop the violence, he raised his hands to her too.

He got her in a headlock and shoved her against an oven, leaving her injured.

The details emerged this week when Logan, 23, appeared in the dock at Paisley Sheriff Court to be sentenced.

He had previously pleaded guilty to the three charges against him - assaulting his mum, assaulting his sister,

and behaving in a threatening or abusive way.

Prosecutor Maureen McGovern told the court the drama unfolded at the family home in Scott Avenue, Johnstone.

She explained: “He returned under the influence and went in to the kitchen.

“He was seen and heard arguing with himself while looking in the mirror.

“He started arguing with his mother and pushed her against a wall.

“This caused other family members within the house to come downstairs, and they observed him with his hand around his mother’s throat.

“She was screaming for help.

“He put Chloe Logan, his sister, into a head lock and proceeded to shove her against an oven.

“This caused redness to her shoulder.”

Logan was thrown out of the property but demanded to be let back in during the incident on November 3, last year.

A short time later, he climbed the garden fence, banged on the kitchen window until it smashed — and then climbed back into the property through the broken window.

He then left and was arrested a short time later at a friend’s house nearby.

Miss McGovern told Sheriff Sukhwinder Gill that his family were “shocked” at what had happened on the night in question, adding: “Their primary concern was the welfare of the accused.

“There was something amiss with his health, in some way.”

Defence solicitor Advocate Bob Mitchell said Logan could do unpaid work as punishment, despite having a broken hand.

Sheriff Gill slammed Logan for his actions — but opted not to lock him up, after hearing his loved ones had forgiven him.

As she placed him on a Community Payback Order ( CPO), she said: “Your behaviour was appalling.

“To go on and assault your mum and your sister is appalling and just not acceptable.

“This must have been very frightening.” The CPO will see him supervised by social workers for 18 months and carrying out 130 hours’ unpaid work, reduced from 200 hours, as he admitted his guilt, as a direct alternative to jail.

She warned Logan she would jail him if he breached the order and appeared before her to be sentencing.