A Rosyth man threatened to break his mother’s legs after she refused to pay for a fast-food delivery he had ordered.
Unemployed Christopher King, 26, of Parkside Street, had spent the day drinking in local pubs, returned home and wanted his mum to pay for his take-away.
At Dunfermline Sheriff Court, he admitted that on July 9 at Burnside Street, Rosyth, he behaved in a threatening or abusive manner by repeatedly shouting, swearing and uttering threats of violence.
Depute fiscal Claire Bremner said King lived with his mother until the incident and had returned home drunk at around 9pm.
He had gone straight to his bedroom but shortly afterwards there was a delivery of fast-food to the house.
King’s mother told him there was food at the door to be paid for but he told her she was to pay for it. This resulted in the food being taken away again.
“He reacted angrily to this,” said Ms Bremner.
King told his mother, “I’m going to give you a good kicking” and “I’m going to smash your face in”.
His frightened mother phoned police and went outside to wait for them to arrive.
When officers came to the house, King continued to threaten his mother, telling her, “I’ll break your legs”.
He was arrested and his mother said afterwards that she was frightened of her son when he was under the influence of alcohol, said Ms Bremner.
Defence solicitor Sarah Meehan said her client was “totally horrified” at his own behaviour and had only a “vague recollection” of the incident.
Sheriff Charles Macnair told King, “This behaviour is extreme and worrying.”
He called for reports before King is sentenced on August 3.
