A KELTY man lashed out at young boy after it emerged he had a sexual encounter with a underage girl who was only 11.

Pumped up with drink and drugs Robert McGarry went to the young boy's house and assaulted him.

McGarry, 35, of Croftangry road, had earlier admitted that on September 10 he assaulted a child by punching him on the head and body, and kicking him on the body, to his injury. He also admitted that he behaved in a threatening and abusive manner by shouting, swearing and threatening violence.

At Dunfermline Sheriff Court on Wednesday, Depute fiscal, Dev Kapadia, said there was a sexual encounter between the complainer and the underage girl.

At home the complainer heard the front door opening but thought it was his father.

McGarry went to the boy's bedroom and shouted at him about the incident with the underage girl and hit him on the head and body.

This caused him to have bruising to his eyes and scratches to his forearms and thumb.

The boy contacted his father and mother who both attended the property and saw the injuries to their son, when police were contacted.

Later on the same day, McGarry's sister attended his address to collect her children, when he started shouting and swearing at his brother-in-law, saying, 'come on, lets go for it'.

Defence solicitor, Linsey McCran, said: "The catalyst for this was the incident involving the underage girl who is only aged 11.

"He fully accepts that he went off it but accused has a pretty chaotic life with drink and drugs, and this mixture caused the fight.

"He can't control his drink and drug problems and is not a stranger to Court. He's prepared to take up any help that is offered and has already contacted the Erskine hospital for support as he is a former military man."

Sheriff Richard McFarlane imposed a community pay back order of 230 hours unpaid work.

He told McGarry: "I've been told of what had been going on and I can understand that you must have been very upset.

"However, you should have controlled that but instead you found him in his house.

"Your judgement was cloudy from alcohol and you have also acknowledged that you got this badly wrong, but it is a serious matter.

"What's troubling me is that a considerable number of orders imposed on you in the past have been breached

"Those orders are there to assist and rehabilitate you."