Published: Wednesday, 29th August, 2007 10:30
Drunk dad's rammy outside babysitter's
By Court Reporter
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He was 'out of control'
A DRUNK who tried to kick down a door to see his child — before waving a 10ft scaffolding pole — has been jailed.
Jordan Halpin started his drunken behaviour at 11.45pm at the home of his child’s babysitter, Dumbarton Sheriff Court heard last week.
Fiscal depute Gillian Climie told the court: “[Halpin] attended the front window of the house and instructed [the witness] to let him in, but she refused the request because of his heavy intoxication.
“He then began to kick at her front door demanding to get in so he could see his child.”
A second witness came in the close and tried to calm Halpin down and told him she would go in the flat and get his child.
But on entering the woman decided to call police because his behaviour was “out of control”.
Ms Climie added: “[The witness] went back out to the close and observed the accused banging his head off the back door of the close – his face covered in blood.
“She went back in to wait for the police to attend and when they arrived they observed the accused outside the close with a 10ft metal scaffolding pole in his hand.
“He was brandishing it with both hands shouting.”
Police told the 18-year-old he was under arrest and when they began to handcuff him, he became aggressive and struggled with officers.
The prosecutor said that he was spitting blood.
It took six officers to control Halpin during the incident in Duntocher’s Craigielea Road.
Halpin, of no fixed abode, admitted breaching the peace, possessing an offensive weapon and resisting arrest during the incident on July 23 this year.
He has been in custody since the arrest.
Defending, Phil Lafferty said that Halpin’s problems with alcohol had been a factor on the night in question.
He said that Halpin had had a volatile relationship with his partner, the mother of his child, and they lived nearby.
Halpin’s girlfriend was not one of the complainers and the court was told that he was welcome to return to her house when he is released.
Mr Lafferty told the court that his client had been attacked on the night in question.
The lawyer added: “[Halpin] thought the person within had effectively engineered what had taken place outside the flat when he had been set upon.
“[Halpin] said that when the witness said he was hitting his head against a door, he was in fact being assaulted.”
The lawyer claimed it was only after that that Halpin armed himself with the scaffolding pole.
Sheriff Simon Pender said that in view of the serious nature of the offences and Halpin’s record there was no option but to jail him.
Halpin was sentenced to a total of three months in prison backdated to July 24.
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