A DALMUIR man found knocking on doors naked from the waist down has been sent to prison.

Scott McGhie bizarrely turned up at a Dalmuir tower despite a court order banning him from the building, only to strip half his clothes off and go to various doors.

The 40-year-old, listed in court papers as a resident of Dunn Street, went to nearby Dunswin Court around 9.50pm on August 24.

Fiscal depute Abigail McKenna told Dumbarton Sheriff Court on October 22 that McGhie made his way to the first floor of the building.

“He began to undress himself in the stairwell,” she said.

“The accused was naked from the waist down and began to knock on doors.”

Police were asked to attend and found McGhie sitting on the floor outside a flat on the first floor, still naked from the waist down.

“Police engaged in conversation to ascertain why he was half naked knocking on doors,” the prosecutor continued.

“He was attempting to get to his partner’s address.”

A police check, however, found he had bail conditions imposed just days earlier not to enter Dunswin Court or to contact his ex.

McGhie later admitted breaking bail conditions imposed on August 18.

He also had another bail order active from February 23 this year.

And the bail breach was aggravated because the incident involved a partner or ex.

He also admitted that in the common close and stairwell of Dunswin Court he committed an offence of public indecency and did undress himself and remain in the close while naked from the waist down.

McGhie has addiction issues and it emerged in court that he continued to have access to drugs while on remand in prison awaiting sentencing.

Defence solicitor Gail Campbell admitted she struggled to extract any useful information from a social work report on her client.

She said: “He was invited to the property and the complainer was in the [court] building this morning.

“The relationship is something they hope to both continue.

“The behaviour is not funny, it’s not amusing, it’s not acceptable.”

Sheriff William Gallacher said McGhie showed persistent and repeated offending.

Various attempts had been made by the court to keep him from prison in the last seven or eight years, but almost all court orders had been broken.

He said: “I appreciate there’s a lack of optimism, but there’s realism.

“He is hoping for a fairy godmother and they don’t exist.

“The court is not naive enough to pretend there’s no drugs in custody, but it’s not compulsory.”

Turning to McGhie, he said: “You have an appalling record. I think you think someone will sort your difficulties for you. You have to do things differently.”

He said people in the area should not be confronted with his “outrageous behaviour”.

McGhie was handed an eight month jail sentence, backdated to August 25, when he had been remanded in custody after his first court appearance.