As police officers were leading him away, Craig Doak branded the other man 'a grass'.
An East Kilbride man lost the plot after a neighbour accused him of turning up at his door with a machete.Doak, 50, spent nearly 10 months in custody after the incident in Carnoustie Crescent on November 23.Get all the news from your area – as well as features, entertainment, sport and the latest on Lanarkshire’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips, 24/7.
Doak admitted a charge of threatening or abusive behaviour, but an allegation that he went to the neighbour's flat in possession of a machete was dropped.He told the court: "They were afforded entry but the accused asked 'What are you doing here?' "Doak was arrested and as he was being taken from the property he shouted aggressively to the flat upstairs about the man being a grass, adding 'We'll see about him.'Doak has a long list of previous convictions and in 2020 he was jailed for two and a half years for slashing a man in East Kilbride.He added: "On this occasion he felt the police presence was unnecessary but realises he acted in a manner that is unacceptable.
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