A MAN has appeared in Court for challenging others to fight after a family matter got out of hand.

The incident began when Jamie Brown’s mother asked him to search for his nephew when she realised he was breaking his restriction of liberty order that required him to be home by 7pm.

Dunfermline Sheriff Court heard on Wednesday that at around 10pm some residents of Main Street, in Cardenden, could hear shouting and noise coming from outside and contacted the police.

Brown was seen with around seven or eight other peers, shouting and swearing and challenging others in the group to fight. It was noticed that his nephew was in the possession of a knife, but the accused had no contact with the weapon.

When police arrived, officers noticed that he was under the influence and charged him.

Brown, 32, of no fixed abode, did previously admit that on August 13 at Main Street, Cardenden, acting along with another did behave in a threatening or abusive manner which was likely to cause a reasonable person to suffer fear or alarm in that he did shout, swear, utter threats of violence and challenge others to a fight.

Defence solicitor, Ms Joiner, told the Court that Brown had been remanded in custody since August 14, has a lengthy record and that his struggles began after the breakdown of a previous relationship.

Sheriff Alison McKay said: "This report tells me that you pleaded with social work to give you an opportunity to do a community payback order.

"The difficulty I have is that is that you were given a community payback order last year and when you breached that order, you ran away.

"However, I have listened carefully to what your solicitor has said, and you have served time in custody already, so I will place you on a 12-month offender's supervision requirement.

"But, I will request that a review takes place on November 29."