A LINNVALE man has been slammed for telling an “obvious lie” over his breach of a court-imposed tagging order.

Shaun McLafferty, of Westwood Quadrant, pleaded guilty to breaching a “restriction of liberty order” when he appeared at Dumbarton Sheriff Court on Friday.

The 27-year-old had been put on a tag for four months in November as part of a sentence imposed for three offences committed at a flat in Pattison Street in Dalmuir last year.

McLafferty, along with two others, Phillip Smith and Colin Murray, repeatedly shouted, swore, threatened police with violence and challenged officers to fight in the incident on June 22.

McLafferty also resisted the cops’ attempts to arrest him, and repeatedly kicked one of the officers on the body.

November’s court hearing had been told the incident happened after a “significant drunken party” lasting more than a day, and that police had been called to the scene after receiving complaints of loud music at the address.

Smith, 25, of Canberra Avenue in Mountblow, who threatened to stab one of the officers, was handed a combination of supervision and unpaid work instead of prison, while 30-year-old Murray, of Ellinger Court in Dalmuir, was jailed for three months.

In addition to the four-month tag, put in place from 7pm to 6am each night, McLafferty was also placed under social work supervision for 12 months and ordered to complete 240 hours of unpaid work within six months under a community payback order.

At Friday’s hearing defence solicitor John Coogan told Sheriff John Hamilton, who had imposed the order on November 29: “The breach is admitted.

“He continues to engage with the unpaid work and supervision elements of the order.

“But the circumstances of the breach are far from satisfactory; it has been expressed to him that your Lordship will not be impressed by his explanation.”

Sheriff Hamilton told McLafferty: “When I served on the Parole Board, the most common explanation I heard from people who had breached their tagging orders was ‘I got drunk and my pals cut it off’.

“I don’t accept that pathetic excuse. It’s an obvious lie.

“You cut it off yourself and decided to do something, I don’t know what.

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“I don’t button up the back, so what you get is an extra two months on the tag.”

McLafferty, who has a previous conviction for making threatening and abusive phone calls, will now be tagged until May 29.

He was also ordered to pay £77.50 compensation for the damage caused to the tagging equipment.