Baseball bat thug threatened man just weeks after prison release

Kris Hunter brandished a baseball bat and struck various items with it. <i>(Image: NQ)</i>
Kris Hunter brandished a baseball bat and struck various items with it. (Image: NQ)
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A man brandished a baseball bat and made threats not long after he had been released from jail.

Kris Hunter was also drunk in charge of a car in a separate incident.

Hunter, 32, of South Street, Lochgelly, appeared in the dock at Dunfermline Sheriff Court.

He admitted that on April 11 at Bickram Crescent, Comrie, he was in charge of a car having consumed excess alcohol.

His reading was 92 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, the limit being 22 microgrammes.

He also admitted that on May 30 at Factory Road, Cowdenbeath, he repeatedly shouted, swore, acted aggressively, repeatedly attended there uninvited, repeatedly made threats of violence towards a man and his dogs there, repeatedly made offensive remarks, repeatedly brandished a baseball bat and struck various items with it.

He also admitted being unlawfully in possession of an offensive weapon.

The court was told Hunter was released from jail in March and was on licence until the end of May.

Sheriff Susan Duff called for reports and imposed a temporary driving ban until sentencing on July 22.

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