A DAD who caused a disturbance when he turned up at an ex girlfriend’s in Cowdenbeath has been urged to become “a more useful member of society.”

Lee Anderson, 29, went to the woman’s home and demanded to retrieve a coat which she didn’t know anything about.

Appearing for sentencing at Dunfermline Sheriff Court last Wednesday, he had previously admitted that on August 24, at a property in Marshall Street, he behaved in a threatening or abusive manner which was likely to cause fear or alarm by repeatedly banging on a door, shouting and acting in an aggressive manner towards his former partner.

Depute fiscal Rebecca Clark said Anderson and the woman had been in a relationship for about a year and had a child together but had split in 2010.

He turned up at the ex’s house intoxicated and upset and began making comments about “rekindling their relationship” which made her uncomfortable as she was in a relationship and was 37 weeks pregnant at the time.

Ms Clark told the court: “The accused wanted to leave however stated he required his coat which was within the house. He began becoming verbally aggressive towards the complainer.

“He exited the house and began aggressively banging on the front door and shouting to the complainer about his coat. The accused then went to the back door.

“The noise was such that the two children in the house woke up and came downstairs and became upset and were crying because they were scared.

“He eventually left without his jacket which didn’t appear to exist.”

Solicitor Toni Pentecost said her client, of Dunearn Drive, Kirkcaldy, had one child with the woman but had very little contact with her or the child “He appears to have been very much under the influence of alcohol at the time,” she said.

“His explanation is very confusing. I think it is confusing because he had gone there after receiving certain information from a person in the pub that the young lady in question was in possession of some of his belongings. That was not the case.”

Sheriff Linda Smith placed Anderson on a community payback order with supervision for one year and a requirement to do 60 hours of unpaid work within three months.

“You have to start speaking to social work and see if you can change your life around a wee bit,” she said.

“At your age, I would want you to be a more useful member of society instead of turning up at ex girlfriends’ doors and upsetting children.

“I hope you engage with other people and move on with your life.”