A SERIAL offender has been banned from drinking alcohol following a spate of anti-social behaviour towards Dumbarton retail workers and police.

Brian Campbell previously admitted to behaving in a threatening and abusive manner towards a KeyStore worker by shouting, swearing, uttering threats and refusing to leave on February 15 last year.

The following day, the 44-year-old was found at a property without lawful authority on his former street on Crosslet Road in Dumbarton.

It is believed that he intended to steal from the house.

Later that day on Glasgow Road, he was found with a knife on him without a reasonable or lawful excuse.

Campbell successfully stayed out of trouble until March 8 this year when he was caught acting in an aggressive manner and uttering threats of violence to police officers at HBR Accident Repair Centre on Castlegreen Street.

Just over a week later, he threatened two police officers with violence on High Street. During the incident, he tried to evade detection and prosecution and told cops his name was Thomas Elland.

He pleaded guilty to a charge of attempting to pervert the course of justice as a result of the incident.

The lout was back in the town centre on March 31 and April 1 making abusive remarks and threatening cops with violence. He also repeatedly struck a car with his hands.

His final offence on March 28 was at Greggs on High Street where he uttered threats of violence to three female employees.

Campbell appeared from custody at Dumbarton Sheriff Court last week where his lawyer explained that he has a mentor in prison and has been seeking different opportunities to improve his lifestyle.

Defence solicitor Stephen Maguire said: "His mental health was deteriorating. He decided not to take his medication for a couple of days and it worsened. He won't do that again he has assured me. He wants to stick with his medication. 

"He knows drinking will be a challenge. He tells me once he starts he won't stop. He says abstinence is the way forward."

Sheriff William Gallacher asked Campbell directly if he would benefit from a temporary order from the court to ban him from drinking alcohol. 

He agreed that it would help him in his abstinence.

Campbell was placed on a community payback order for 18 months under social work supervision and ordered to complete 100 hours of unpaid work.

As a conduct requirement, he is ordered to seek alcohol and mental health treatment to assist with the ban.

A review was set for later this year.

The sheriff added: "This [order] will be long enough to get out. It will be long enough for you to sort things."