A sheriff agreed with a 41-year-old man he was “getting too old” to be appearing in the dock.

On Thursday at Alloa Sheriff Court, Daniel Comrie admitted shouting, swearing, making offensive gestures and repeatedly uttering threats of violence at Murray Square in Tillicoultry on November 28, 2014. Comrie was also found to be in possession of diazepam and cannabis.

Fiscal depute Ruairidh Ferguson told the court that on the night in question the police parked near the bus stance at about 11pm.

Comrie pointed at the officers and shouted incoherently.

He reportedly said: “Yous get to f*ck” and “you f*cking bottled it”.

He was arrested and searched, to which the police found 10 diazepam tablets and £19 worth of cannabis.

At Stirling Police Station the accused kicked off.

He threatened: “I will take the face off you”, “you will not live to get your pension” and “I know your address, you’d better move”.

He also branded the coppers “fat, specky, stupid b*stards”.

In defence it was claimed that Comrie, of Cairnton Place in Tillicoultry, had taken the diazepam with alcohol.

His arrest was captured on CCTV and the officers were seen taking him to the ground.

His defence agent claimed they injured his wrist – to which only one hand could be fingerprinted – explaining that the incident escalated because Comrie was in pain.

Comrie is now said to be “coherent, reasonable and understands fully what is going on around him”.

Within the Criminal Justice Social Work report, the accused stated he was “getting too old for this”.

Sheriff David Mackie agreed. He then sentenced Comrie to a Community Payback Order with 100 hours of unpaid work to be completed within six months.