Yob hammered in glass on mum’s door

A yob smashed a back door glass panel at his mother’s Bannockburn home with a hammer while demanding to be let inside.

Jordan Laird, of The Brae, Bannockburn, had admitted a charge of behaving in a threatening and abusive manner.

The fiscal depute told Stirling Sheriff Court on Wednesday that 24-year-old Laird had gone to his mother’s Firs Crescent house at 5pm on June 21 this year.

However, Margaret Laird “perceived him to be under the influence due to slurred speech and unsteady balance, so did not grant him access to the property.”

At that point Laird started to shout at the back door, stating: ‘Let me f ****** in’ and ‘open the f ****** door’ as well as ‘if you call the Polis I’ll never speak to you again.’

Laird then picked up a hammer lying in the back garden, said the fiscal depute, and struck the back door window several times causing the glass “to completely shatter”.

The depute fiscal added: “This caused Ms Laird a great deal of stress, but there was no physical injury”.

Ms Laird contacted the police and her son ran away from the house. The accused was later traced by officers at his home address.

Laird’s agent told Sheriff Derek

Hamilton that his client was in “a vicious cycle” of taking drugs and behaving in the way described by the Crown.

He said that Laird would benefit from the intervention of the Community Acohol and Drugs Service (CADS).

It was also pointed out that the author of the social work report had mentioned a financial penalty.

Sheriff Hamilton replied: “He’s using heroin daily and Valium. I’m wondering how he’s funding that.”

The lawyer said that if Laird did not take advantage of the intervention offered by CADS there was “only one option [custody]” left.

Sheriff Hamilton told Laird: “Your record shows you are just a bit too handy with weapons.

“You have convictions involving a machete, a knife, and now this conviction involving a hammer.

“It’s looking like this is going one way for you.”

Sheriff Hamilton told the court that he was not satisfied that Laird would carry out unpaid work “given his history”.

He deferred sentence for a Restriction of Liberty Order assessment until November 10 and Laird was ordered to appear on that date.