Death threats ‘part of long Killin feud’
A Killin yob narrowly escaped a jail term this week for terrorising his neighbours.
Lee Thompson had admitted a racially-aggravated charge of behaving in a threatening or abusive manner in Fingal Road.
The 47-year-old also admitted producing cannabis at his home and assaulting a police officer at Falkirk Police Office.
Fiscal depute Wainwright Craig told Stirling Sheriff Court on Wednesday that Fingal Road residents heard noise outside their homes at 10.30pm on May 13 this year.
They saw Thompson acting erratically and two witnesses went outside.
Thompson shouted: “I’m going to get people up from Glasgow to deal with you.”
When a neighbour phoned police the accused shouted: “I’m going to kill you.” He drew a finger across his neck and said: “I know where you live. You’ll be getting something through the door.”
He insulted another neighbout and made anti-English comments.
When police arrived the accused was still shouting loudly, said the fiscal depute.
Thompson entered his own address in Fingal Road. Officers noticed that a cannabis plant was on open display in a room.He told them it was for medicinal purposes.
He was arrested and taken to Falkirk Police Office and while handcuffed he repeatedly headbutted constable Scott Kennedy on the left arm.
He also told them: “I don’t have a record for police assault but I can start.”
His lawyer John Patrick Coogan conceded that Thompson had a bad record but said he had not appeared in court for several years.
Thompson had been living in Fingal Road for three years and “there was a long-standing feud between neighbours there”.
The solicitor also said Thompson had been drinking and taking medication. The accused planned to return to Glasgow, he added.
Sheriff James MacDonald said he was “only just persuaded” not to send Thompson to prison, adding: “The only thing stopping me is you have managed to stay out of trouble for ten years.”
He put Thompson under supervision for 18 months and ordered him to do 220 hours of unpaid work.