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Racist teen terrorised neighbours in 11-month crime spree
The 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, terrorised residents of a street in Glasgow's Dalmarnock between November 2023 and October 2024.
The teen pleaded guilty at Glasgow Sheriff Court to a string of charges including behaving in a threatening or abusive manner and possession of a knife in a public place.
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The court heard that on bonfire night in 2023, the boy confronted neighbour Timothy McArdle outside his home while his young daughter was nearby.
McArdle asked the teen if he was speaking to him and he replied: "Aye you f***ing dafty, do you want a bit of this?"
The boy then removed a machete from a sheath and motioned the blade towards McArdle.
When told that his daughter was with him, the teen replied: "I don't give a f***."
McArdle left the scene and the boy shouted: "Come out, I'm going to do you, you f***ing bam."
The police were contacted and the teenager was traced to his home and arrested.
The court also heard of a later incident in which the boy was seen with a machete smashing the car windows of another neighbour.
He was heard to shout: "Get your boy out, you are a grass, your mum is a cow, you will be getting ran out of here."
A 16 and a 17 year old reported that the teenager followed them then shouted and swore in another incident.
He said: "I'm going to slash your f***ing face in."
The boy then brandished a six-inch knife which caused the pair to run off for safety.
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The teen later told another man to "go back to your own country" and branded his victim a "black b******."
He was also spotted with a knife that evening which he used to stab the tyres on a bike.
The court was told of another incident in which he was seen brandishing a knife at a bus stop in the city's Battlefield.
Sentence was deferred pending background reports until next month by Sheriff Joan Kerr who continued the boy's remand at a children's unit meantime.
