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City charity shop knife man is jailed

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Published date12 August 2022
Publication titleStirling Observer
Peter McGowan, of Mossgiel Avenue, had pleaded guilty to charges of behaving in a threatening and abusive manner at Shelter in Barnton Street on August 13 last year as well as carrying a lock knife without reasonable excuse. The offences occurred while 34-year-old McGowan was on bail on another matter

Fiscal depute Amy Sneddon told Stirling Sheriff Court on Wednesday that a witness had been working in the store when McGowan entered the shop about 3pm.

McGowan's behaviour was described as "a general nuisance" and he was asked to leave by the shop worker.

She had noticed that McGowan had a yellow lock knife which he used to puncture a hole in the top of a glass storage box which he had just bought.

After leaving the premises the accused went to a bin outside where he found two hockey sticks.

The shop assistant and a colleague then saw McGowan waving the sticks aggressively at people who were walking past in the street.

Police were contacted. When officers arrived McGowan was still outside the shop and he was detained and searched.

A yellow lock knife was found in his right trouser pocket attached to a key.

The knife's blade was 5cm in...

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