A notorious teenage joyrider was back in the dock yesterday after he carried out an hour long stand off with the police while holding his grandmother captive.
Liam Smith, who was previously locked up for his part in a £500,000 super car heist, breached four bail orders when he shouted and swore repeatedly at police officers whist refusing to let his gran out of her home.
Yesterday the career criminal appeared at Aberdeen Sheriff Court and admitted behaving in a threatening and abusive manner on February 28 this year.
However he was spared more time being added to his total sentence after a sheriff heard he is now working to “right the wrongs he has committed”.
The court heard Smith, who had been on bail for the motoring offences at the time, had been released on the condition that he stay at his granny’s house between 7pm and 7am each night.
On February 26 officers attended the house at 28 Dickson Terrace to find Smith was missing.
His grandmother told the officers he was not at home and they returned two days later.
When the police arrived back looking for him he was there, however he refused to let them in.
Fiscal depute Samia Rasheed said that his grandmother wanted to open the door however Smith became more and more aggressive, shouting and swearing at the officers outside.
Smith could be heard by the police becoming increasingly angry and Mrs Rasheed said that they were becoming concerned for the welfare of his gran who was continually pleading with the 18-year-old to allow her to open the door.
She said: “They could hear the accused within telling her to stop speaking with them. He was shouting at her to come away from the window. Officers were concerned for her safety as she seemed to be scared of the accused.
“The accused became more aggressive as the occupier was repeatedly asking him to allow her to open the door.”
Mrs Rasheed said that after an around an hour of arguing and negotiations Smith eventually allowed the officers entry.
As a result of his behaviour he spent a further four days in custody before he was released on bail again.
Representing Smith, solicitor Peter Shepherd said his grandmother had not feared for her safety that night and insisted it was only after she “gave him into trouble” that he agreed to open the door.
He said she had been “at her wits end” with Smith on the run up to the offence and now he was “trying to right all the wrongs he had committed”.
Mr Shepherd asked Sheriff Annella Cowan to impose a sentence which would not affect his earliest release date of June next year so he could be out in time for his birthday.
The sheriff agreed and sentenced him to three months detention to begin right away.