A MAN who battered his partner's son in a drunken rampage has been ordered to complete unpaid work.

Aiden Scott pleaded guilty to the assault which took place on December 9 last year at an address on Chapelle Crescent, Tillicoultry.

He appeared for sentencing at Alloa Sheriff Court last Thursday, February 7, where fiscal depute, Susannah Hutchison, described the late-night incident.

She told the court that Scott stays with the complainer's mother and on the night in question had been drinking with his nephew while the complainer and his friends were also in the property drinking.

An argument then broke out between the parties in the kitchen which led to Scott punching the complainer "repeatedly on the head".

Ms Hutchison continued: "The accused walked out then came back and punched him again."

The police attended thereafter to which Scott replied: "It didnae happen," before being conveyed to Falkirk police office.

On the way to the station, however, the accused became highly "volatile" towards officers, according to Ms Hutchison.

Scott said to police: "I couldn't give a f***. Lick my a***, p***."

The prosecutor went on to say that the complainer suffered bruising to the face and apparently could not see out of one eye following the incident.

Kelly Howe, defending the 30-year-old, told the court that although her client does have a record, he has stayed largely out of trouble since 2013 and that this offence came about during a period of excessive alcohol use.

Ms Howe went on to say that Scott and his partner separated following the assault but have since reconciled.

The accused is currently on a community payback order for an unrelated matter with 180 hours of unpaid work left to complete.

He was also subject to unpaid work in 2014 after he pleaded guilty to assaulting both his mum and sister during another heavy drinking session in Tullibody.

For the current offence, Sheriff David Mackie told Scott, of Chapelle Crescent, that his options were limited because of his current CPO.

A restriction of liberty order was available, but his mother had told Ms Howe that she was not in favour of that because he would have been at her home.

Sheriff Mackie sentenced him to 100 hours of unpaid work to run consecutively with his current order.