A thug who threatened bar employees earlier than occurring to throw a motorbike at a cop has been jailed.
Charles Edwards, 31, threatened employees working at The Final Submit on Might 25 final 12 months and tried to hug and observe a feminine bar employee.
On the identical day, Edwards financial institution card was declined in Greggs within the city’s Moss Road and so he threatened employees working there and once they reported this to cops, he threw a police bicycle at one of many officers.
The brute additionally grabbed his accomplice Nicola Clelland by the neck and repeatedly threw her to the ground in a vicious assault that occurred in a flat in Paisley’s Broomlands Court docket on February 22.
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Procurator fiscal depute Amber Feeney instructed Paisley Sheriff Court docket that round 9.30pm on February 22 Ms Clelland and the accused have been inside a Broomlands Court docket flat consuming alcohol earlier than Edwards grew to become “aggressive and argumentative.”
Ms Feeney defined: “Ms Clelland stood up and requested the requested to take a seat down and be quiet as she didn’t need to interrupt the neighbours.
“The accused wasn’t happy by this and commenced shouting and swearing after which grabbed Ms Clelland by the neck and pushed her across the room a number of instances after which threw her to the ground a variety of instances.
“Witnesses heard a commotion and the accused shouting ‘I’m going to f*****g homicide you.’
“In addition they heard Ms Clelland replying, ‘Cease it, get off me and get to f**ok.’”
Ms Feeney went on to clarify how employees members at The Final Submit have been engaged on the door and behind the bar shortly after midday.
She defined: “The employees worker on the door noticed the accused enter the pub and he was unsteady on his ft, was falling over tables and was clearly below the affect.
“The accused was requested to finish observe and hint and the employees member suggested he wouldn’t be served any alcohol because of the state of his intoxication.
“Edwards requested why and he was instructed ‘As a result of you possibly can’t arise.’
“He then instructed the employees member ‘Go f**ok your self.’”
Court docket heard the accused was requested to depart and in doing so, he modified his thoughts and acknowledged to a bar employee that he “didn’t imply to be disrespectful.”
Ms Feeney added: “Edwards then went to hug the feminine bar employee however she put her hand up and stepped again.
“Edwards then acknowledged, ‘Don’t flatter your self, you’re not that fairly.”
Sozzled Edwards left the pub shouting, “F**ok you’s all” earlier than re-entering when he adopted the bar employee stating “Have you learnt who my household are? My household are all gangsters.”
Ms Feeney instructed how round 12.45pm on Might 25, 2021, employees at Greggs have been serving clients when the accused entered.
She instructed: “Edwards ignored all covid rules and pointers and ignored the one-way system.
“He walked previous everybody to the entrance of the queue telling everybody to ‘F**ok off.’
“He was served and his financial institution card was declined and when he was knowledgeable of this he replied, ‘F**ok off, what time do you end, take my card.’
“Police have been referred to as, and once they arrived Edwards took maintain of the police bike, lifted its entrance wheels off of the bottom and struck PC Docherty to the legs and physique.”
Edwards additionally admitted to assaulting a male prepare passenger on a prepare at Paisley Gilmour Road on the identical day by repeatedly punching him on the top.
Defence agent Ms Aitken instructed how Edwards has “little or no recollection” of occasions and on the time of the incidents he had “grossly been abusing alcohol and medicines.”
Ms Aitken added: “He's very ashamed he's earlier than the court docket for home issues.
“Within the final three years it is a man who has misused heroin however since being remanded he has been in a position to cleanse himself of drink and medicines.”
Sentencing, Sheriff Eoin McGinty stated: “It is a collection of offences on individuals who have been at their work throughout covid when issues have been robust sufficient, and you then went on to commit an assault on a prepare.”
Sheriff McGinty jailed Edwards of Glasgow Road in Ardrossan, North Ayrshire, for 4 months for the offences in Paisley on Might 25, 2021.
In relation to the home matter, sentence was deferred till July 29.
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