Family woken by boozed-up yob who got wrong home

Drunk dad threw bottle at stranger’s door

A Johnstone dad – who was so sozzled he couldn’t remember where his friends lived – turned up at a stranger’s house and smashed a glass bottle against their door.

Owen Strannigan, of Duncraig Crescent, admitted that on October 9, he breached a bail order by attending at a front door during the hours of darkness, demanding entry and striking a glass bottle off of a door.

The procurator fiscal depute explained to Paisley Sheriff Court that 29-yearold Strannigan had been placed on a bail order in February this year which had curfew conditions.

He said: “Around 5.15am on Saturday, October 9, the two witnesses were asleep within their home with their ten-year-old daughter.

“They were awoken by a rattling sound coming from the letterbox.

“One of the witnesses went to see who was at the door and she looked through the peep hole and seen the accused.

“He shouted at her to let him in and she refused.

“Strannigan began banging on the door and then struck a glass bottle off of it.

“The witness called the police and Strannigan shouted: ‘You’re a grassing b ***** d, I’m going to kill you, get out.’

“The witness told Strannigan he was at the wrong house.

“Police arrived at 5.20am and traced Strannigan trying to conceal himself under a hedge.

“Officers observed that Strannigan was highly intoxicated and he was placed under arrest.

“At this point Strannigan stated: ‘The police never check your curfew.’

“Strannigan was cautioned and charged and conveyed to Cathcart police station.”

Defence agent David Nicholson explained that Strannigan’s father had passed away after suffering a heart attack the day prior to the offence and this led to him drinking alcohol.

Mr Nicholson said: “His father had become a big part of his life and this event follows Mr Strannigan’s father passing away on the Friday.

“He had consumed alcohol that day.

“Mr Strannigan has three children and another child on the way.

“He enjoys a good, stable relationship with his partner and his mother.”

Sheriff Sukhwinder Gill said: “After receiving a phone call about your father rather than going home to console your mother, you remained in the pub and continued to drink alcohol.

“When you went to a friend’s house you were thrown out and you went back to a different house because you couldn’t remember where your friends lived due to being drunk.”

Sheriff Gill ordered Strannigan to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work within the community within a period of 12 months as a direct alternative to custody.

He began banging on the door then struck a glass bottle off of it