A 35-year-old man smashed four car windscreens with a cricket bat before charging at police officers during a violent rampage in Dundee.
Kevin Kimmet started smashing cars after discovering his home had been vandalised while he had been out.
When police arrived at the scene, Kimmet ran at them wielding the bat and they had to use PAVA spray to bring him under control.
Rampage with cricket bat
Dundee Sheriff Court was told shocked residents on Thurso Crescent, in the Menzieshill area, looked out of their windows just before 11pm to see Kimmet holding the cricket bat and shouting.
Fiscal depute Lora Apostolova said: “One witness saw the accused running at his Renault Captur and smashing the rear windscreen.
“He was then seen to smash several windscreens.
“The witness went out to challenge the accused.
“Another witness also went out and the accused pointed the bat and shouted at her to stay back.”
Kimmet then used the bat smash the front windscreen of her blue Suzuki car as she watched on helplessly.
Another witness returning home in a taxi arrived to find Kimmet striking cars while challenging people to fight.
Other residents came out of their homes to try and usher Kimmet away, before police arrived at 11.05pm.
Police used spray to control accused
Officers found Kimmet walking on the road at the junction with Charleston Drive.
He was still holding the cricket bat.
Ms Apostolova said: “He swung the bat above his head and shouted at the officers.
“Assistance was requested and the accused was still shouting ‘come on then’.
“The accused then ran at them with the bat and PAVA spray was used which had an immediate effect.”
Kimmet was handcuffed on the ground and told officers following his arrest: “You sound like a devil.”
He admitted smashing the rear windscreen of a Renault Captur, the front windscreen of a blue Suzuki, the rear windscreen and passenger window of a grey Volkswagen Golf along with the front and rear windscreens of a white Audi A1, on June 5.
He also admitted repeatedly shouting, swearing, challenging people and police officers to fight as well as charging at police while brandishing a cricket bat.
Mixture of mental health issues described
Solicitor Theo Finlay, defending, said Kimmet had been diagnosed with a personality disorder as well as suffering from PTSD, depression and anxiety.
He told the court: “The immediate catalyst to this incident was the damage to his property but it was the underlying mental health difficulties that he had which resulted in this extreme behaviour.”
Sheriff Alastair Carmichael placed Kimmet, of Lansdowne Square, Dundee, under supervision for two years and ordered him to undergo drug and mental health treatment.
