An Irvine teen has been sentenced to three months in a young offenders institution after admitting to breaching a Community Payback Order.

Hugh Stewart, of Bank Street, appeared from custody at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court last week and pled guilty to one charge, though it was not defined how he breached the order.

Stewart, 19, was given the CPO after entering a garden at Airdrie’s Crofton Wynd on June 17 last year.

He acted aggressively, made a violent threat and struggled with residents.

Stewart’s solicitor, Darren De Rosa, said: “He will not be getting away with things lightly.

He has accepted that. “The [social work] reports speak of someone who has been passed from pillar to post since his youth. He has shown some insight, certainly in terms of accepting responsibility. He has since displayed some maturity. Social work says that he seems to see himself as a victim and that’s something that I would agree with.”

Revoking Stewart’s CPO, Sheriff Iona McDonald said: “I’ve listened very carefully to what’s been said on your behalf. It’s clear that you view yourself as a bit of a victim. Mr De Rosa says that if custody is the only option I should try and restrict that and not take you into the long term prison environment. It’s my view that a custodial sentence of five months is appropriate. That will be reduced to three months because of your plea.