Homemade motorbike man jailed

A MAN has been jailed for breaching his probation for a knife offence after being caught driving an illegal home-built motorbike.

Ian Scott, 24, had been placed on probation last year after he was caught with a blade.

He was jailed for six months this week by Sheriff Rajni Swanney, pictured, after he was caught riding a mini-motorbike he had built as a present for his nephew.

Scott, of Grosvenor Road, Greenock, admitted driving the unregistered vehicle on 13 January while disqualified from holding a driving licence.

Solicitor Aidan Gallagher said his client had made the motorcycle from two mini-moto bikes as a gift for his nephew.

He had carried out repairs to the bike and had taken it on a test run on wasteground at St Kenneth’s Primary School.

He said: “Rather than pushing it back, he has foolishly chosen to drive it home and was stopped by the police after about 100 yards. The circumstances are somewhat unusual.”

Sheriff Swanney said Scott was not committed to fulfilling his probation. She said: “I am going to give you a prison sentence for your breach of probation.

“It was imposed for a knife offence for which you could have been given a prison sentence.”

Scott was placed on probation last year after he was found in possession of a knife after drinking a bottle-and-a-half of vodka.

He was stopped and searched by police in Greenock’s Ingleston Street on 21 January last year. Police discovered a five-inch blade with a

serrated edge in his pocket.

Scott claimed he had borrowed the jacket from a friend at a party.