A man who was arrested after being verbally abusive to police went on to urinate all over his bed when officers placed him in a cell.
Greig Falconer, 29, was reported to police by neighbours after he had been ranting incoherently and shouting within the communal stairwell of his building.
When police arrived he became even more abusive and violent – spitting when placed into a police van.
As an officer placed Falconer in a cell, he then urinated all over the bed.
Falconer, who has a number of previous convictions, was sentenced at Aberdeen Sheriff Court in September this year for violently assaulting his dog and drunkenly brandishing a knife at his own mum and step-grandfather.
Accused tried to headbutt officer
Fiscal depute Eabha Sweeney told the court that at around 12.50pm on November 7 2020 constables attended at Bankhead Avenue, Bucksburn, following reports of an “unconscious male causing a disturbance”.
However, when police arrived they found Falconer “shouting and swearing incoherently” at the top of a stairwell with a bleeding finger.
“An officer tried to engage the accused but he continued to shout and swear while making threats of violence.
“The officer then arrested the accused and carried him to a marked police van.
“While within the van he continued shouting but began spitting and kicking the police van.”
Upon entering Kittybrewster Police Station, officers gave Falconer time to calm down but he continued to shout obscenities and was taken to a cell block.
As he was being led to the block, he lunged with a headbutting motion at a female officer who had to move out of the way.
When officers placed Falconer in his cell and closed the door they then witnessed him urinate all over the bed.
Falconer pleaded guilty to one charge of behaving in a threatening or abusive manner and a second charge of assaulting a police officer.
He admitted a further charge of wilfully destroying property by urinating on the bed in his cell.
‘He was extremely drunk at the time’
Defence agent Peter Keene told the court his client – who had a number of previous convictions – also suffers from a “pretty bad drink problem, which he is addressing”.
“He was extremely drunk at the time and he apologises,” Mr Keene said.
“Mr Falconer is hoping to cease offending and not return to the behaviour that saw him get into trouble for a significant period.”
As an alternative to a prison sentence, Sheriff Ian Wallace sentenced Falconer, of Linksfield Court, Aberdeen, to a community payback order with supervision for one year and ordered him to carry out 90 hours of unpaid work.
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