A MAN claimed he was so desperate not to miss his first Father’s Day with his son that struggled against police - and ended up in jail and missed a whole month.

Darren Gordon was stopped by police around 1am on June 19 near a night club on the High Street, Dumbarton, while they were on patrol.

But when they arrested him, he struggled violently and even when handcuffs were applied, he kicked his legs out as officers tried to get him into the police van and they had to get him on the ground and tie his feet together.

The 32-year-old, of Lamont Crescent, Renton, was put on the floor of the van and taken to Clydebank police office.

He was already on bail at the time for terrifying a woman on the rail platform at Singer so was remanded in custody.

His defence solicitor, Scott Adair, told Dumbarton Sheriff Court last week Gordon had been out for dinner and then to the club to celebrate his first Father’s Day and then “overreacted because he knew he would be missing son’s first Father’s Day”.

He added: “He has been in custody for a month and missed a significant period of his son’s life. He now has to be a more mature person.”

Gordon was on bail at the time for an offence last year where he threatened a woman on the platform of Singer rail station in Clydebank.

He approached the woman on the platform around 7.45pm and said, "Look at that wee trollop" and "I wish I could slash you".

He then said, "Come on over to the industrial estate" and "I wish I could do you in".

The woman got on the train and called police. CCTV showed Gordon pushing her on the body and he admitted the threats.

But again, his solicitor tried to justify the event because the woman's past partner had been convicted of assaulting Gordon's sister and her partner.

Sheriff Sukhwinder Gill interrupted: "But she herself didn't do anything."

Mr Adair said the woman had made comments to Gordon earlier that had "enraged" him.

He added: "He accepts his reaction was disproportionate."

Sheriff Gill said: "Yoy have a terrible record and you will be aware I can give you a maximum sentence of 12 months on each complaint.

"Regardless of what the background is, she is a lady standing on a platform. You uttered threats of violence that must have been very frightening for her."

Gordon was given a community payback order instead, including supervision for 12 months to address his alcohol problem and 300 hours of unpaid work in the community, the maximum. His progress will be reviewed in two months.

Sheriff Gill added: "If the review report is not good and you are not doing your work, you will go to custody."