Offensive weapon

a 24- year- old has been remanded in custody for assault and brandishing an offensive weapon.

andrew Hamilton, of Keir Hardie Hill in Cumnock, admitted to repeatedly punching a man on the head at gray street in Cumnock on October 4.

He also owned up to having a pole with a number of screws inserted in it on Elizabeth street in the town one month later.

Hamilton’s sentencing has been deferred for reports.