A prisoner who tried to exact revenge on an Easter Ross man on his release from a jail term is to be assessed for a drug treatment and testing order.
Ian Grant had previously had his sentence deferred for a background report which Sheriff Gary Aitken noted and approved the author’s recommendation for a DTTO assessment.
The 29-year-old had already pleaded guilty to offences of threatening behaviour in Alness on November 7 last year and two of breaches of bail.
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His solicitor Graham Mann at that hearing did not specify to Sheriff Gary Aitken what exactly had happened prior to his client’s liberation from serving a prison sentence, but told the court: “There was good cause for him to be upset.”
Fiscal depute Shay Traynor had told the sheriff: “There was an ongoing dispute between the two men. He shouted and swore outside the house, repeatedly banged on the door and uttered threats of violence.
“Police were called and he was brought under control. He was threatening to cut the man’s throat, and said: ‘I will slash your face’ and called him ‘a beast.’ Then he made racist remarks to a police officer.”
Mr Mann said his client was “fixated on sorting him out” adding that alcohol was involved. “There is a place for him for rehab in Cale House in Inverness. A report may be useful.”
The Sheriff agreed and deferred sentence until January 13. He released Grant on bail to a room at the rehab facility in Millburn Road, Inverness.