A MAN "too drunk to remember" raged at a delivery driver sorting parcels in his van before brandishing a knife at random passers-by.

Daniel Adam lost his temper shortly before Christmas last year and started shouting and swearing at a van driver who was parked outside his property.

Heavily under the influence of booze, Glasgow Sheriff Court heard Adam grabbed a knife and started waving it at people on the street outside his Partick home.

Depute fiscal Jamie Grant told the court about the incident on December 21, 2020.

Mr Grant said: "The witness is a delivery driver.

"He was sorting parcels out in his van outside the locus when he noticed the accused standing outside the van.

"He then heard Adam shout loudly and swear at him but he didn't note exactly what he was saying to him.

"Another witness saw this taking place as she was taking items out of her car.

"A second witness intervened and tried to bring Adam into the locus."

They succeeded in getting Adam to go back inside the home on Fordyce Street.

But a short time later he went back outside and, the court heard, "continued to conduct himself in an aggressive manner".

He then went into the property and came back out brandishing a knife at passers-by on the street.

The 23-year-old shouted at them, "Do you want this?

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"Are you scared now?"

Police arrived at the scene and Adam was cautioned and charged but said nothing in reply.

Adam was also on a curfew as part of his bail conditions but was caught by cops out on patrol on June 12 this year at 10.30pm driving in a black Audi.

His defence brief told the court Adam's curfew hours had been removed to take into account his work as an apprentice scaffolder.

The lawyer added: "He is under no illusions - this is a serious matter.

"He does have a record from when he was a young man of 16 or 17 but there then was a fairly significant gap in his offending before two offences in 2020.

"He has a stable family background and stable accommodation."

The solicitor told the court that when Adam was stopped while driving on Great Western Road he was heading to Loch Lomond to drop some items to his girlfriend.

During the knife incident, the lawyer said Adam was "under the influence and cannot remember it."

He added: "He doesn't recall it."

Sheriff Charles Lugton gave Adam 135 hours of unpaid work to complete within 12 months as part of a community payback order.

He will be under the supervision of social work for nine months.

For breaching his bail conditions Adam was admonished.