A masked thug who turned up at a family’s home dressed in black and armed with a stun gun was today jailed for five years.
Aden Robertson pointed the weapon towards a teenage schoolboy and his father before leaving, shouting that they were “cowards”.
Police who later searched a communal bin area near Robertson’s then home in Aberdeen later recovered two stun guns, disguised as torches.
A judge told Robertson, 29: “These are dangerous weapons, one of which was fully functional.”
Judge Norman McFadyen said at the High Court in Edinburgh that he had pled guilty to two serious offences.
Robertson, formerly of Craibstone Avenue, Bucksburn, earlier admitted behaving in a threatening or abusive way on November 17 in 2020 in his home city by shouting, swearing, act aggressively, challenging victims to fight and brandishing a firearm.
He also admitted illegal possession of the stun guns which were disguised as torches.
Fired stun gun at schoolboy
The court heard that the 15-year-old schoolboy was walking home from school and approaching his family address when he saw an angry Robertson running towards him, shouting and swearing.
He ran to his front door and banged on it and shouted for his father to let him. The father heard his son calling: “Dad, dad help me”.
The father opened the door and went outside and Robertson ran off. But a short time later the family heard Robertson outside their home again.
Advocate depute Gavin Anderson said: “They opened the door and saw the accused standing outside wearing a black balaclava, a black T-shirt, black trousers and trainers.”
The prosecutor said: “The accused was holding a black stun gun in his hand which was making a noise and sparking.
“The accused pointed the stun gun towards them, which continued to spark periodically.”
‘He has, in the past, had drug and alcohol issues’
Police were called and Robertson left the scene, shouting that the father and son were both cowards.
Officers attended at Robertson’s then home address and arrested him before the electronic weapons were found secreted within the bin store.
Robertson’s defence counsel, Bill Adam, told the court: “He has, in the past, had drug and alcohol issues and those issues played a role in the commission of the offences.”
The defence counsel said that was not an excuse for what had taken place, but was “more an explanation”
He said that Robertson took full responsibility for his actions and has shown genuine remorse. He added: “He knows he was under the influence of drink and drugs and it was his responsibility.”
Mr Adam said that Robertson was currently serving a 12-month sentence for another offence and his earliest release date would be in mid-April.
During an earlier incident that was filmed Robertson’s dog “responded to threats by biting the complainer”, said the defence counsel.
Robertson was told that he will start serving the sentence imposed today at the end of his current prison term.
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