Court rap for man who threatened to kill Hamilton Sheriff

Aug 28 2008 by Our Correspondent, Hamilton Advertiser

A 36-YEAR-OLD man who threatened to kill a sheriff at a Hamilton court has been admonished.

Kenneth McLew phoned Hamilton Sheriff Court on January 8 this year. During a conversation with a member of court staff at the Beckford Street building, he threatened to murder a sheriff.

The breach of the peace, which was committed while McLew was on bail for another matter, was admitted by the 36-year-old in April.

On January 4, four days before the crime involving the threat, McLew was bailed at the court by Sheriff Vincent Smith.

He was in court charged with an act of public indecency.

On June 11, 2006, at the Holiday Inn in East Kilbride’s Stewartfield Way, McLew committed a sexual act in front of a member of staff.

It is understood he had booked into the hotel that day for a body wax.

He admitted the offence in April last year and was subsequently put on the Sex Offenders’ Register.

McLew, of Pollockshields, Glasgow, was also banned from visiting beauticians for the rest of his life.

The 36-year-old will be sentenced for the public indecency charge in December.

At Hamilton Sheriff Court last week, Sheriff Daniel Kelly admonished and dismissed McLew for the breach of the peace.