‘Penny has dropped’ for Inverness young offender Glen Wilson (18) as the threat of a custodial sentence made him knuckle down and comply with community payback order
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The threat of a custodial sentence made an Inverness teenager knuckle down and comply with a community payback order imposed on him to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work.
Glen Wilson, of Dochfour Drive, Inverness had previously admitted assaulting a police officer and then making threats to spit on other officers and kill them.
The 18-year-old was given the order by Sheriff Margaret Neilson with a warning that he would go to a Young Offender’s Institution if his compliance review for the court was not in positive terms.
Fiscal depute Pauline Gair told Inverness Sheriff Court that the first incident took place on December 3, 2020 when police officers were called to Maclennan Crescent.
Wilson had been banging on a door and Mrs Gair said: “He was immediately hostile towards the police.”
She added that the door was opened and Wilson attempted to enter.
When an officer tried to block his way he was kneed in the groin by Wilson.
While he was being placed in a police van, the teenager also attempted to head-butt the same officer followed by another attempt to do the same after he was placed in the van.
Wilson also threatened to “kick their heads in.”
The second incident took place at his home on February 13 last year when police were called to the property.
Wilson was being restrained by his parents and he began shouting threats.
Mrs Gair told the court Wilson shouted: “I will kill you both.
“I will spit on you and then you will have Covid.
“I will petrol bomb your children.”
Defence solicitor Rory Gowans told the court: “The background here is consumption of alcohol that he cannot handle.
“The background report indicates that the quantity of alcohol is quite extraordinary.
“But the penny has dropped.
“He has changed his habits and his circle of friends and has got a job as a tree planter.
“I am optimistic that we will not see him in court again.”
Sheriff Sara Matheson, who considered the community payback order review, agreed to allow it to continue for now but fixed a further review date of July 14.
