A MAN threatened cops with sexual violence and assaulted another officer in a sustained attack.

Thug Daniel Lacey, 22, formerly of Rosehead House, Heather Avenue, Alexandria, committed the offences on December 21, 2017, in a police car which started its journey in Tullichewan Road, Alexandria, en route to the Royal Alexandra Hospital, Paisley, and Stewart Street Police Station, Glasgow.

Dumbarton Sheriff Court heard on Friday how Lacey behaved in a threatening or abusive manner likely to cause a reasonable person to suffer fear and alarm by repeatedly shouting and swearing, making threats of violence, struggling violently with police and striking his head against the inside of the police car.

His behaviour continued by making homophobic remarks and uttering threats of a sexual nature, aggravated by prejudice relating to sexual orientation. While at Tullichewan Road he assaulted a PC in the execution of his duty by scratching him on the body.

On March 9, this year, Sheriff John Hamilton put Lacey on a community payback order (CPO), with 12 months supervision and ordered him to carry out 150 hours of unpaid work. At the time the sheriff also called for a review, which took place last Friday.

Lacey’s defence lawyer told the court: “A medical report has been produced by his doctor. It has given information in light of which I would invite the court to call for a further review.”

Sheriff Hamilton told Lacey: “Supervision is the most important aspect of your community payback order at this stage for a number of factors. If you don’t keep it up then the options become very limited and jail will loom ever larger.”

A further CPO review on Lacey, now of Euthelton Street, Parkhead, Glasgow, was ordered to take place on July 20. He was ordained to appear.