AN ALLOA man has been handed 80 hours of unpaid work after admitting to swearing at police and to breaching his bail conditions.

Craig Chalmers (21), of Bowhouse Gardens, appeared before Alloa Sheriff Court on Thursday (20 November).

On 24 August, 2013, he was charged with behaving in a threatening and abusive manner while under arrest at Stirling Police Station.

And on 19 September 2014, he breached his bail conditions in that he contacted his former partner despite being under instruction not to communicate with her.

Kelly Howe, defending, told the court that Chalmers and his former partner are working towards reconciliation and that her client had been respectful of her space.

She said: “With regards to the earlier incident at Stirling Police Station, he was in a heightened and intoxicated state.

“He had also been complaining of pain from an injury he felt he sustained when he was first placed into the police van.” She added: “With the breach of bail conditions, the complainer had initially contacted him to come see him and there was no associated offence in relation to this charge.

“The complainer currently does not want the special bail conditions to continue and it seems there is genuine hope for contact to resume.” Before sentencing, Sheriff David Mackie told Chalmers that he must respect the terms his CPO and any efforts to alter those special conditions must be pursued through the courts.

He said: “In respect of the incident at Stirling Police Station you will undertake 80 hours of unpaid work, reduced from 100 hours due to your early plea.

“For the other matter, I must say, the order is there for a reason. Even if you are invited, you simply cannot make contact with your former partner.

“In light of this, the court must take a serious view and for this you will always undertake 80 hours of unpaid work.

“However, the orders are concurrent and so you will only do 80 hours in total. But if you don’t comply then this case will return to the court.”