ASSAULTING staff at Morrison's in Hawick and abusing workers at council offices in Galashiels has been hit with a 21-month community pay back order.
Michael Wheaton pleaded to two counts of assaulting staff members at Morrison's store on May 14.
The 27-year-old also admitted behaving in a threatening or abusive manner in the Scottish Borders Council offices in Paton Street on May 26, by shouting and swearing, challenging staff to fight and throwing a bottle.
The following day he made a telephone call to a council employee which contained offensive remarks and he also threatened a police constable and his family.
Wheaton, who gave an address in Kirkintilloch, near Glasgow, was told the community pay back order was an alternative to a fine.
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