A THUG threatened to kill a man with a knife on his own doorstep.

Joseph Elder, 35, poked a blade through the letterbox of Lukaz Stachowiak, 21, in Glasgow's Broomhill on September 8, 2022.

Elder shouted: "I'm gonna stab you, you're dead."

He was later clocked at the scene by police committing the crime after a 999 call was made.

The offence comes a year after Elder was convicted at the High Court in Glasgow of a serious assault on a man with the use a knife.

He later claimed that the slashing was a "little fight between friends".

Elder has a further high court conviction from 2016 which was an assault with intent to rob with the use of a knife.

Elder pleaded guilty today at Glasgow Sheriff Court to behaving in a threatening or abusive manner.

He also admitted having a knife in public without reasonable excuse or lawful authority.

The court heard that Elder struck up a conversation with Mr Stachowiak in the landing of the flats.

The victim made a comment about "people selling drugs" before words were exchanged between the pair.

Mr Stachowiak's door was banged a short time later.

Prosecutor John Bedford said: "On approaching the front door, he observed a kitchen knife with a black handle sticking through his letter box.

"On checking the peephole, he saw Elder and heard him shouting threats 'I'm gonna stab you, you're dead'."

An "alarmed" Mr Stachowiak contacted the police who attended to find Elder still at the door making death threats.

He was then arrested and the knife seized.

Sentence was deferred pending background reports until next month by Sheriff Paul Reid.

Elder remains in custody meantime.