'Take this f***ing flower or else': Man lashed out at boys, 9 and 16, during Glasgow Green rant

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'He pulled out a glass bottle from his rucksack and smashed it off the ground then challenged the boys to fight.'

'Take this f***ing flower or else': Man lashed out at boys, 6 and 16, during Glasgow Green rant

AN ANGRY man who lashed out at two young boys after they refused his offer of a daffodil was jailed today for 14 months.The 36-year-old had earlier approached the nine and 16-year-olds near a play park.Man jailed over drugs, money and stun gun find - and he had one item disguisedHe later claimed he tried to give one of the boys the flower because he was a"wee sweetheart."He also admitted behaving in a threatening or abusive manner towards both of the victims.

"McKay became aggressive and said 'Take this f***ing flower or else' and shouted in a highly aggressive manner."Mr Allan said:"He pulled out a glass bottle from his rucksack and smashed it off the ground then challenged the boys to fight."McKay swung at his head and he had to duck to avoid."He was arrested before telling officers:"I picked up some flowers and offered them to the boy who was a wee sweetheart.

Mark Dunbar, defending, told the court McKay had taken a mixture of alcohol and drugs and has"no recollection" of the incident. Sheriff Joan Kerr told McKay:"You acted this way towards the young boys who would have been shaken up and effected by it.

 

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