A sheriff told a man who threatened to kill his own father that his behaviour was “disgraceful” yesterday.
Hamish Adams, 45, lashed out at his parents while living at their home last month following a disagreement over his drinking.
But he turned up drunk on March 17 and fell out with them the following day.
Adams pled guilty to behaving in a threatening or abusive manner when he appeared at Aberdeen Sheriff Court yesterday.
Fiscal depute Lucy Simpson said Adams had been living with his parents, Caroline and Donald, for three weeks at Corrennie Circle in Dyce.
Ms Simpson said: “Caroline Adams spoke to the accused and told him he was no longer welcome, telling him to leave.
“He reacted poorly and confronted his father in the kitchen while shouting and swearing that he would kill or stab him.
“He briefly left the house before returning at midday.
“At 3.30pm his mother again told him to leave and he went downstairs, grabbed his father by the jumper and pushed him against a cooker.
“He whispered he knew where he got his cigarettes and how to kill him without anyone knowing.”
Adams, whose address was given in court papers as Victoria Street, Aberdeen, then grabbed and broke a broadband router as he made his way out of the property.
Adams’s defence lawyer Gregor Kelly said: “Mr Adams is a very intelligent man but succumbed to his alcohol addiction.
“He was taken in by goodness of parents following the breakdown of a relationship, and he repaid them by drinking heavily and acting in a disgraceful manner.
“In letters from his parents, they say their door is open for him to return as long as he cleans up his act.”
Sheriff William Summers said that his client’s behaviour was “disgraceful” and that he “should have known better” than to frighten his parents in such a manner.
He was sentenced to 120 hours unpaid work in the community.
