CAUSING a drunken disturbance at a property in Lochgelly then struggling with police officers who had agreed to drive home to Burntisland resulted in a Court appearance for Garry Rowley this week.

Appearing for sentencing at Dunfermline Sheriff Court on Wednesday, he had previously admitted that on July 20, in Melville Street, he behaved in a threatening or abusive manner which was likely to cause a reasonable person to suffer fear or alarm by shouting, swearing and threatening to kill his former partner and another man.

He also resisted, obstructed or hindered two police officers in execution of their duty by tensing his arms, pushing and struggling with them while being handcuffed, headbutting the doors of a police vehicle and continuing to struggle with them.

Depute fiscal, Dev Kapadia, said Rowley, 46, of Dick Crescent, Burntisland, had been in a relationship with the woman around eight years ago and the man was her current partner and a friend of the accused.

"They are old friends and were in each other's company daily when alcohol and drugs were consumed," he said. "The relationship between the three parties was such that they fell out regularly but always made up when they were sober."

Rowley had been consuming alcohol with the pair and left after an argument took place. He returned and police were eventually called.

They did persuade him to leave however he returned and was shouting and knocking on the rear windows of the property.

He asked the officers if they would take him to his home and they agreed to do so to ensure he went out of the area.

"As they were heading towards the police vehicle, the accused then spoilt the almost peaceful ending and started shouting at his ex partner and her boyfriend saying they were dead," said Mr Kapadia.

"The officers' patience had run its course and he was then arrested."

Rowley then started resisting and struggling with police officers and head butted their vehicle in an effort to stop the doors from being opened.

During the struggle, he fell onto the roadway and sustained abrasions to his forehead which required medical treatment.

Solicitor, Ian Beatson, said his client had been drinking spirits rather than his usual lager or Buckfast and it seemed to affect him more than he anticipated.

He said following the incident, his former partner had forgiven him and he had managed to get his alcohol under control.

Sheriff Craig McSherry told Rowley that not everyone could call on police to act as a taxi and placed him on a restriction of liberty order for four months.