A TEENAGER has been jailed for 28 months after failing to comply with Court orders.

Kieran Nelson, from Cowdenbeath, appeared before Dunfermline Sheriff Court for a number of matters after being remanded in custody on September 27.

Sheriff Craig McSherry told Nelson: "You have been given two consecutive orders by the Court and I see no purpose in giving you another one that you will fail."

The 18 year-old, latterly of Segal House, Dunfermline, previously admitted that on February 6, 2016, at King Street, Cowdenbeath, he drove away with a motor vehicle without the consent of the owner, without a valid driving licence and used a car without a policy of insurance.

Also on February 22, 2016, at Arndean Residential Child Care Home, Aberdour Road, in Dunfermline, he did assault a care home worker, then in the course of his employment and did push him on the body and pin him against a wall there by same, and seize his spectacles from his head and throw them to the ground.

And on February 19, 2017 at Hope Street, Inverkeithing, he did behave in a threatening or abusive manner which was likely to cause a reasonable person to suffer fear and alarm in that he did shout, swear, kick the interior of a police vehicle, and act in an aggressive manner, and did assault a constable then in the execution of their duty and did punch them on the head to their injury.

Also on July 23, 2017 at James Court, Cowdenbeath, he did resist, obstruct or hinder two constables, then in the execution of their duty and did struggle violently with police officers.

Describing the incident at the care home, Depute Fiscal, Dev Kapadia, said: "The complainer is a residential care worker and the accused was friends with one of the residents there.

"At around 1am the accused tried to gain access to the care home, the complainer told him that he wasn't allowed in the building and formed the opinion that he was under the influence.

"Nelson became agitated about the matter and pushed the care worker on the body and up against the wall. A colleague contacted the police and the accused grabbed the spectacles of the complainer and threw them on the ground.

"The complainer was left visibly shaken by the incident."

The Court was told the vehicle taken without consent was the property of Nelson's mother's partner.

In a separate incident, the police had been contacted following a disturbance in a house. When officers attended Nelson was in the living room and refused to acknowledge the police presence.

When they asked him for his details he told them they needed a warrant and continued with his behaviour.

A police officer was punched in the face as he tried to take hold of the accused. Nelson continued to be difficult when he was taken to Kirkcaldy police station and the police officer was left with a bloody nose.

On another occasion the Court was told that police had received a number of calls from the public at about 1.30am and some described seeing two males fighting.

At 1.50am officers saw the accused walking towards them from a flat appearing to be injured. Nelson told officers that he had fallen after leaving a house but seemed anxious to leave the area.

They phoned for an ambulance because of Nelson's facial injuries and after checking records police told him he was wanted for arrest.

He started struggling with officers and tried to run off.

Defence solicitor, Chris Sneddon, said: "When police turned up at my client’s house, nothing had happened and he was unsure as to why they were asking for details and he had facial injuries because he was assaulted, but the police were insisting that he get help.

"There is also a number of failures to appear at Court.

"Mr Nelson is a young man who had to leave the family home at the age of six and has subsequently not had a good childhood.

"His way of coping with loneliness is to turn to alcohol. He doesn't drink every day but when he does he appears to drink to oblivion and finds it hard to stop."