AN ALVA man has appeared in court this week, just days after he was handed a last chance to “move on” from his offending lifestyle.

Steven McEnhill recently moved to Clackmannanshire in an effort to distance himself from his criminal past and start afresh.

The 22-year-old, originally from Ayrshire, now has 20 convictions to his name and has previously served a number of sentences at HMYOI Polmont.

But no sooner had he arrived in the Wee County he found himself before Alloa Sheriff Court.

On Thursday (18 June) he was given a community payback order for kicking a fence and abusing two residents in Alva.

But just a day after receiving his CPO, he vandalised a local chip shop before behaving in a threatening and abusive manner and struggling with police.

During his sentencing hearing on Thursday, depute fiscal Claire Bremner told the court that McEnhill was spotted by a resident on Caroline Crescent repeatedly kicking a fence at around 12.15am on 23 May.

She said: “The complainer could hear someone shouting and looked out of her window and saw the accused kicking her neighbour’s fence.

“In an effort to deter the accused, she shouted: ‘Oi, what you doing, Kung Fu Panda?’ “It did not have the desired effect.” The complainer’s husband then came out and tried to encourage McEnhill to move away from the property.

In response, he said he would kill him and told him to watch out when leaving his home.

After confronting the accused, Ms Bremner said: “[McEnhill] then removed his T-shirt and puffed out his chest as if to start a fight.” The accused was then dragged away from the scene by another male but returned shortly thereafter and “continued to shout abuse” at the couple.

He later entered the garden and threw stones at windows, causing several hundreds of pounds of damage, and then left.

Ms Bremner then said the police arrived and observed the damage, at which point the accused walked past the house again.

While being detained, officers noted that McEnhill was “extremely intoxicated”.

His defence agent Stan Quirk said: “He is very disappointed in himself that he allowed this to happen. It’s fair to say ... this is something that simply got out of hand.

“He would like to move on with his life and is aware of the consequences of failing to comply with a community-based disposal.” Sheriff Gillian Wade ordered that McEnhill pay £250 towards the cost of replacing the window and also imposed 60 hours of unpaid work.

Then at around 9pm on Friday (19 June) McEnhill was arrested following an incident at a town chippy.

He appeared from custody at Alloa Sheriff Court on Monday (22 June) where he admitted repeatedly kicking the window of Bollini’s Fish and Chip shop on West Stirling Street, causing it to break.

He further admitted behaving in a threatening and abusive manner while on the premises and while at Larbert Hospital, by shouting, swearing uttering derogatory remarks and struggling with police.

The court papers also indicated that McEnhill’s actions were motivated by a racial prejudice.

Sheriff Christopher Shead then called for criminal justice social work reports and admitted him to bail.

McEnhill has also been placed under a 7pm-7am curfew and barred from approaching or entering the chip shop.

He is due back at Alloa Sheriff Court for sentencing on 23 July.