An Angus man who threatened his stepfather with a knife in a family bust-up avoided jail the day after his 20th birthday.
Rytchy Scott frightened his mum and step-dad to such an extent that they had to barricade themselves in the kitchen of their Montrose home as the then 19-year-old’s girlfriend fled the property following her failed attempt to get him to drop the blade.
Scott, of Dalhousie Terrace, Borrowfield, Montrose, appeared for sentence before Sheriff Pino Di Emidio at Forfar having previously admitted behaving in a threatening or abusive manner at a house in Glenisla Road, Montrose, on July 15 last year, repeatedly shouting and swearing, struggling with his stepfather and punching him in the face, and uttering threats of violence while in possession of a knife.
Depute fiscal Jill Drummond said the offence happened during the afternoon when Scott and his girlfriend were upstairs in a bedroom and an argument broke out between the accused and his mum.
Minutes later Scott’s stepfather burst into the room, grabbed him by the clothing and pinned him against a wall, leading to a physical fight between the pair.
Both the accused and the stepdad then phoned 999 to separately report that they had been the victim of an assault, but before police arrived Scott reached under his bed, pulled out a knife and said “I’m gonna knife you, scumbags.”
The accused’s partner closed the bedroom door to try to keep him there but he overpowered her and went downstairs.
Scott’s mum and step-dad had barricaded themselves in the kitchen and when police arrived soon after the accused came out of the house, bleeding from a minor cut to his eye.
Defence solicitor Nick Markowski said: “The dynamic is one of a belligerent teenager arguing with his mother and the stepfather becomes involved.
“He is now 20 and at the time of this offence seems to have been misusing legal highs. There has been a fair bit of water under the bridge and a (family) letter has been put up to the court which is basically a character reference.”
Sheriff Di Emidio imposed a one-year community payback order on Scott, including supervision and programme requirements, as well as 60 hours of unpaid work.