AN ALLOA man has dodged extra jail time despite threatening to knock out police officers, Alloa Sheriff Court heard last week.

Depute fiscal, Susannah Hutchison, told the court that Steven Ross was chased to his home at Lo mond Court, Alloa, before going inside to retrieve a weapon.

She said: “At 12 o’clock at night, the accused returned to the address given to the court under the influence of drugs. He indicated he had been chased by another male but returned home to get a weapon to go back outside.

“Concerned, his mother locked all the doors and windows. The accused, unhappy about this, began to shout and swear, and smashed things in the property.”

The court then heard that police were called to the scene and that Mr Ross threatened to knock out the attending police officers.

Mrs Hutchison said that Mr Ross proceeded to tell one of the officers that he was going to “punch his c**t in”, at which point the officers attempted to arrest the accused, who tensed his body and tried to head butt one of the arresting officers.

Mr Ross, 23, was appearing from custody as he is currently serving an eight month sentence for drunk- driving and dangerous driving which was imposed on August 21.

Mr Sweeney, defending, said there were very few positives to say about his client. He said: “The best thing that can be said about Mr Ross is that he pleaded guilty early. It’s clear he was under the influence of alcohol and Valium.

“That’s where his problems lie when he is at liberty. He drinks Buckfast, Dragon Soop and vodka, all of which have extremely high alcohol content. He supplements this with Valium. It’s a cycle he cannot break.

“He has had an issue with the police since growing up and one would advise him that it’s time to stop raging against the machine as far as that is concerned.”

Mr Sweeney continued by saying that the accused’s mother provides support and is willing to welcome him back to the family home when is once again at liberty, although the defence counsel is concerned that Mr Ross has been institutionalised after spending the majority of his adult life in custody.

Sheriff David Mackie said: “But for your current sentence, this matter would result in a custodial sentence. Previous attempts at community sentences haven’t worked with you.

“However, in a sense it is fortuitous that you are in prison because it gives me an opportunity to defer sentence until nearer the end of your current sentence.

“I hope then we can put in place a community payback order to support you. I shall defer sentence until December for good behaviour and further social work reports.”