A Carnoustie teenager will miss his summer holiday to the Canary Islands after a sheriff ruled he must abide by a bail curfew until his next court appearance in July.
Bracken Douglas Piggot (18), of Liscannor, appeared before Sheriff Richard Davidson after admitting resisting arrest in Reform Street, Dundee, on October 30 last year, struggling violently with two police officers, lashing out and running away.
Considering the case, the sheriff noted that previous court interventions in Angus had not appeared to improve Piggot’s behaviour and that he had sworn while being interviewed by a social worker who was preparing a report on him.
“He appears to be a young man who is hell-bent on doing what he wants, irrespective of how that may clash with society’s norms and irrespective of controls put on him by courts previously,” said the sheriff.
He deferred sentenced until July 27 and ordered Piggot to consult drugs and alcohol treatment group Addaction and the Tayside Council on Alcohol in the meantime.
The sheriff also imposed a bail curfew, confining Piggot to his home between 7pm and 7am each day.
After speaking to his client from the dock, solicitor Grant Bruce said the bail condition could prove problematic for Piggot as he is booked to go on a family holiday to Tenerife for a fortnight early next month.
However, the sheriff would not be budged and told the teenager he would have to rethink his plans. He said Piggot would have been unable to go on holiday if he had imposed a period of detention, which had been his starting point.
Missing the holiday would be “another wee reminder of the consequences of fighting with uniformed police officers in the street,” he added.