A DRUNK teenager who was caught with scissors in the street has been warned he was on “thin ice” as he avoided a jail sentence.

Police were on patrol on October 30 when a member of the public approached concerned about a drunk man shouting and swearing in the street.

Officers found Kieran Fitzpatrick in Cart Street, Clydebank, staggering along the street and clearly shouting and swearing.

When they asked him to stop, he shouted, “F*** you, f*** yous all”, “cow” and “you’re not jailing me”.

Fitzpatrick was warned about his conduct and asked him to calm down.

He replied: “I’ll do you piggy b***ard.”

The 19-year-old was arrested and put in a marked police van and he wasn’t searched at the time because of his behaviour.

On arrival at Clydebank police office, Fitzpatrick immediately tried to step out of the cell van and officers spotted a pair of black-handled scissors next to where he had been sitting.

While being processed, the teenager was asked if he had anything sharp with him.

He replied: “No, not anymore, just my keys.”

He later pleaded guilty to shouting and swearing, and to having the scissors.

He was on bail at the time.

At Dumbarton Sheriff Court on November 30, defence solicitor Judith Reid admitted her client had put himself in a “precarious situation”.

She said he was only 19 but did have full-time employment and “responds well to structure”.

“There’s clear work that could be done to ensure he stays out of trouble,” she added.

Sheriff David Hall told Fitzpatrick, of Milovaig Avenue, Glasgow: “You’re starting to skate on thin ice. It’s just not acceptable.

“You’re a young man. You already have got previous convictions. You have full-time employment but you put all that in jeopardy.”

He put Fitzpatrick under social work supervision for 18 months and ordered he do 150 hours of unpaid work in the community.

This was an alternative to custody.