A sheriff has called for background reports to be prepared on a pensioner said to have caused a disturbance in Pitlochry while in possession of an axe before he is sentenced.
Sheriff John Rafferty said he wanted a criminal justice social work report prepared on John West ahead of his next scheduled appearance in court in connection with the incident later this year.
The 71-year-old pled guilty at Perth Sheriff Court to a single charge of behaving in a threatening or abusive manner at Duke of Edinburgh Drive in Pitlochry on August 20 last year which was likely to cause a reasonable person to suffer fear or alarm.
