An aggressive man left an Aberdeen hotel manager in tears after she complained about loud Ronan Keating music.
Alan Henry marched into the Express by Holiday Inn on Chapel Street to remonstrate with the woman after she called the police about the deafening volume of the Irish singer’s songs.
The 50-year-old demanded to know why she had called the police and threatened to come back and “get” her.
Fiscal depute Tom Procter told Aberdeen Sheriff Court that around 5am on May 10 2020, the manager of the city centre hotel locked the doors when she spotted a “disturbance” outside.
He said: “Around 5.45am the complainer overheard loud Ronan Keating music playing and subsequently contacted the police in this regard.
‘Accused brandished his metal stick at staff member’
“At 6.30am she unlocked the main entrance and 10 minutes later the accused entered, asking to speak to the manager.
“Having explained to him that she was the manager, he angrily pointed his finger at her, demanding to know why she called the police.”
The frightened woman tried to explain that it could have been anyone that called the police, but Henry continued to rant, warning he would “come back and get her”.
The incident left the hotel manager distressed and crying, Mr Procter said, and Henry was later traced and arrested.
‘Mental health suffered significantly during lockdown’
In an earlier incident, at around 4.50pm on April 11 2020, Henry walked into Sainsbury’s Local on Union Street and immediately became aggressive.
Mr Procter said: “The accused brandished his metal stick at the staff member there and shouted ‘come on then’ in an aggressive and threatening manner.
“It appears the accused had just entered the locus and became immediately hostile.”
Henry, of Chapel Street, Aberdeen, pled guilty to two charges of behaving in a threatening or abusive manner.
He had faced a number of other charges, including operating a CD player and speakers so as to give another person reasonable cause for annoyance and failing to stop when requested by police.
However, not guilty pleas were accepted to those charges.
Defence agent John Hardie said: “His mental health suffered significantly during lockdown.
“Happily, since restrictions have been lifted there has been no further offending.”
Sheriff Ian Wallace deferred sentence until next month for reports.
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