Court curfew breaker said: ‘I’ll slice you’

Aman caught out and about in town when he was meant to be under a curfew told his arresting officers he would “slice them up”.

Gary Milne was spotted breaching his courtordered curfew at 3.20am on February 22.

Despite putting his hood up when he spotted police, officers recognised him and knew right away that he was breaching his nighttime curfew, Aberdeen Sheriff Court was told.

But when officers tried to detain him things turned violent with the 23-year-old becoming aggressive.

Fiscal depute Andrew McMann said Milne tried to kick two of the officers in the head as he was put into the police van. He then went on to hurl abuse and swearwords at them.

“He was taken to Kittybrewster custody suite where he continued to shout and swear,” he said. “He shouted ‘I am going to batter yous’.

Further threats followed as he was removed from the van and into the station where he took a lanyard of keys from around his neck and said: “I am going to use these keys as a weapon and slice yous up.”

“He then repeatedly kicked the door of the police van. While in the cell he continued to act in an aggressive manner by shouting and swearing.”

Milne admitted two charges of breaching his curfew and two more of police assault.

Milne’s defence agent said he had come to court prepared for custody and carrying a bag of belongings.

Solicitor Neil McRobert said: “He accepts his conduct was wholly unacceptable. He had consumed significant amounts of alcohol.

“He has attended today with a bag of belongings with him which suggests he has shown realism and a knowledge that the court could pack him off to jail.”

Sheriff Lesley Johnston stopped short of that but blasted Milne’s behaviour as “absolutely despicable”.

She told him: “I am concerned that from the report it seems you take responsibility for your actions and were concerned about custody, but you have shown a limited awareness of the impact of your offending.

“These people were trying to do their job. They are individuals and don’t deserve to be treated in this way.”

Milne, of Richmond Walk, Aberdeen, was handed an 18-month supervision order and ordered to do 140 hours of unpaid work as a direct alternative to custody.

While in the police cell he continued to act in an aggressive manner

SPOTTED ON STREET: Gary Milne threatened police who arrested him at 3.20am.