A TILLY teenager has admitted a charge of threatening behaviour after telling a takeaway owner: “I’m here to cause trouble.” Craig Kerr was said to have been heavily under the influence of alcohol when he stormed into the Spice of Life in Coalsnaughton last month.

The 18-year-old appeared at Alloa Sheriff Court on Thursday (23 April) and confirmed guilty pleas to behaving in a threatening or abusive manner and wilfully damaging property.

He insisted, however, that he has already made contact with one of the complainers to repair the cost the damage caused.

The youngster will be brought back to court next month for sentencing.

The court heard that Kerr, of Chapelle Crescent, had made a nuisance of himself at the takeaway on 28 March of this year.

Depute fiscal Claire Bremner said: “At around 11.25pm, the owner was working within the premises and became aware of the accused entering.

“He walked straight in and banged his fists on the counter. He then said: ‘I don’t want food, I just want to cause trouble’.

“He was asked to leave but the accused began to scatter items on the worktop onto the floor.” Ms Bremner said Kerr was eventually convinced to leave but as he was doing so became involved in a dispute with the delivery driver.

She said the driver tried to ‘diffuse the situation’ but was unable to do so.

At the same time two other males, said to have been in Kerr’s company that evening, were also trying to calm him down, to no avail.

The youngster took exception to the driver’s intervention and kicked a ‘large dent’ in the back of the car, the cost of damage was estimated to be around £750.

Kerr then left the scene and the police were called. While they were speaking with the Spice of Life owner and driver, they received another call about a drunk male nearby.

They attended and traced the accused before he was later cautioned and charged.

Kerr’s defence agent told the court that the teen had traced the delivery driver through Facebook and had arranged to pay for the damage.

It is not the first time the Tilly youth has fallen foul of the law. In June 2013 he was brought before the court for stealing his dad’s van and using it to transport stolen items from the house.

He was just 16 years old when he grabbed an air rifle, a crossbow pistol, ammunition for the two weapons and a laptop computer just days before Christmas in 2012.

Police then caught him driving the van, without a license and insurance, and when questioned he said he was an ‘a***’ with a drink in him.

Kerr was then given a community payback order of 75 hours’ of unpaid work. And banned for driving for six months.

Last Thursday, after hearing the facts of the case, Sheriff David Mackie said he would need a criminal justice social work report before imposing his sentence.

Kerr will return to Alloa Sheriff Court on May 21 for disposal.