Man who struck window of Kirkcaldy house with a brick was looking for cigarettes

Brian Aird appeared before Sheriff Alistair Thornton at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court.

Aird, 48, of Myrtle Crescent, admitted that on January 12, 2020 at an address in Kennedy Crescent, Kirkcaldy he behaved in a threatening or abusive manner likely to cause fear or alarm in that he entered a garden uninvited, banged on the windows, attempted to enter a house and struck a window with a brick.

He further admitted on February 14 this year at Day Today in Wilson Avenue, Kirkcaldy he pretended to an employee there that he was the lawful card holder of a woman’s credit card and that he induced the employee to accept the card in payment for goods worth £30 which he obtained by fraud.

Aird also admitted that on February 14 this year at Day Today in Wilson Avenue, he used the same woman’s debit card to pay for goods valued at £29 by fraud.

He committed the offences while on bail having been granted bail on February 11, 2020 at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court.

The Procurator Fiscal Depute told the court: “On January 12 this year in the evening the witnesses heard knocking at the front door but they did not answer it.

"Then they heard a voice through the letterbox saying ‘it’s me Brian’. They recognised the voice to be that of the accused. They both then heard knocks at the living room window but the blinds were shut so they could not see the accused.

"The witness got up and went to the door and shouted at the accused and at this time they saw a brick in front of the living room window. Police were contacted.”

Aird’s defence agent said: “His record is predominantly old. These offences came about following the death of his son and his health deteriorated to the point that he took valium to deal with the bereavement. This led him to his old ways."

His agent said Aird told him he had been looking for cigarettes when the Kennedy Crescent incident happened.

Sheriff Thornton ordered Aird’s liberty restricted for 150 days and deferred sentence on the other matters for nine months for him to be of good behaviour.

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