Campbeltown Sheriff Court.
A Campbeltown man who made threats and repeatedly spat on a female police officer has been jailed. Michael Coates, aged 56, 10C Burnbank Street, Campbeltown, pleaded guilty at Campbeltown Sheriff Court to behaving in a threatening or abusive manner and assaulting the officer on July 24 this year.
Procurator fiscal depute Eoin McGinty told the court that Coates, who has an extensive record of previous convictions in Scotland and England, was approached by police and asked to dismount the bicycle he was riding.