AN ALLOA man who spouted sectarian remarks in the back of a police van has been ordered to carry out unpaid work.

Ian McLuckie was arrested following a neighbour dispute at his address in Riverside View last year.

Though it was he who called officers out to intervene, they soon had cause to take him in custody due to his behaviour.

And last Thursday (January 14) he appeared at Alloa Sheriff Court and was handed a community payback order as punishment.

The depute fiscal in court said police arrived at the property on September 1 to deal with the incident.

However, after their initial inquiries, McLuckie (50) was told he was being arrested and became “animated” with the officers.

The prosecutor added: “He began to level abuse at them and was shouting and swearing during the vast majority of journey in the police vehicle.”

McLuckie then began to sing the Fields of Athenry while using terms such as: “Orange b******s”.

He uttered further phrases such as: “Kill all the Orange b******s, one-by-one.”

When he was questioned about his comments, he replied: “I only sang the Fields of Athenry.”

His defence agent, Ms Conway, conceded McLuckie had reacted poorly to being detained and was "embarrassed" by his actions.

In sentencing, Sheriff Michael Fletcher said: “There is a recommendation in the report that I should deal with this by imposing a period of unpaid work and I think this is the appropriate way to deal with this.

"But if you fail to carry out this order, that will be treated as a breach and you will be brought back to court where it can be revoked and a different order imposed."

McLuckie will now carry out 100 hours of unpaid work within the community over the next three months.