A knife-wielding Rosyth man was put in a neck hold and disarmed after he challenged someone to a fight in the street
Troy Burk, 22, began to shadow box another man before pulling out the “rusty” blade in the town’s Kings Road in October last year.
Dunfermline Sheriff Court heard heavily intoxicated Burk had been walking a dog, while holding a pint glass in his other hand
He was heard to shout at the animal, before threatening witnesses.
‘Do you think your are hard?’
Procurator fiscal depute Amy Robertson said: “They heard him shouting ‘I am going to kill you’ as he was pulling the dog by the collar up and down.
“They saw him holding what seemed to be a pint glass in his other hand”.
Burk then became aggressive and started shouting words similar to “do you think you are hard?” at one of the men.
The fiscal said he then handed the dog lead to other witnesses and “began to shadow box” the man, shouting at him “you are a f***ing pussy” and “sh**ebag”.
Ms Robertson said the man tried to calm Burk but he took the dog back and pulled a knife from the front of his trousers.
The fiscal continued: “The accused then brandished it towards (the man) saying ‘you will do nothing, you are a f***ing nobody’.
“In fear, one of the witnesses walked behind the accused and placed him in a neck hold and (the other man) punched the accused once”.
After being punched, Burk released the knife and one of the witnesses grabbed it and threw it into foliage.
Both witnesses ran off, with Burk’s dog following.
Father’s knife
Police traced Burk and recovered a knife sheath from his back pocket.
He admitted behaving in a threatening or abusive manner and challenging a man to a fight while brandishing a knife.
He also pled guilty to unlawfully possessing the knife.
Defence lawyer Alexander Flett said Burk, a first offender, had no recollection of the incident but is remorseful.
The solicitor said the knife belonged to her client’s late father and described it as a “large knife with a rusty blade”.
Mr Flett said his client, of Rosyth‘s Forker Avenue, does not know why he had it.
Sheriff Francis Gill sentenced Burk to 135 hours of unpaid work, and made him subject to offender supervision for six months.
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