A MAN banned from his home address to give his neighbours peace returned there drunk just hours after appearing in court.
James Heatlie appeared from custody at Jedburgh Sheriff Court on Friday and admitted causing a disturbance by shouting, swearing and playing music at his home at The Loan in Selkirk the previous evening.
The 49-year-old was released on bail on the condition he stayed at his father’s home in Scott Crescent, Selkirk, and did not go near The Loan address.
However, later that night he turned up drunk at the house and when he created noise neighbours called the police.
Heatlie appeared again from custody before Sheriff Kevin Drummond at Selkirk Sheriff Court on Monday morning after a weekend in the cells and pleaded guilty to breaching his bail conditions.
Sheriff Drummond told Heatlie he would be perfectly justified in sending him to jail for flouting the court order.
He said: “The last thing I said to you on Friday was not to go near that address to give your neighbours a break but you go and get drunk and turn up at the address and cause a racket.” Defence lawyer Ross Dow said his client had a good employment record but had an alcohol problem.
Instead, he made an order to confiscate all electrical equipment capable of playing music and imposed a home curfew of between 6pm and 6am to his father’s home in Scott Crescent.
Sentence was deferred until October 13 when Heatlie has other matters calling.
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