Sentence deferred on teenager after drunken tirade of abuse

A TEENAGER walked into Oban Police Station demanding to speak ‘to the highest ranking officer available’ and ended up head-butting the wall, the town’s sheriff court ( pictured) heard on Monday.

Dylan Restwick, 19, who had been sent from Glasgow by his family to live in the Oban area near his grandmother to keep him out of trouble, admitted threatening and abusive behaviour, shouting and swearing on March 24 this year near the Oban ice factory and also at Oban Police Station.

Procurator fiscal Eoin McGinty said that Restwick, of Greenacres, Connel, and three friends were drinking in the late afternoon near the ice factory; Restwick was seen to dump a box of empty cans and bottles over a wall.

He said: ‘A woman challenged him to go and pick them up.’

Restwick left his friends, went over to the woman and began ‘a tirade of abuse’.

‘He got so close that she could feel his spit on her face as he delivered these abusive comments at her,’ said Mr McGinty, adding that Restwick’s own friends were shocked by his actions.

‘Fifteen minutes later the accused entered Oban Police Station and demanded to speak to the highest-ranking officer available. He was noted to be visibly intoxicated and angry,’ said Mr McGinty.

Restwick was taken into the sergeants’ room when his mobile phone rang; he started to shout abuse into the phone. He repeatedly failed to calm down when asked and was arrested.

‘As officers took control of his arms, he decided to start head-butting a wall,’ said Mr McGinty.

Restwick told the officers: ‘I refuse to accept that charge.’

Defence agent Edward Thornton said Restwick had little memory of the incident.

‘He is now ashamed of himself as a result of reading these statements,’ he said, adding that Restwick was now seeking help from the addictions team for his drinking.

Sheriff Ruth Anderson QC deferred sentence until November 9 for reports.