A MAN was given 'umpteen chances' to stop pestering young people just one week after he jumped out of his window during a fire.

Steven Dempsey, of Donald Crescent, Troon, who was already on a community payback order for punching a door in front of his partner in September 2015, has been barred from entering any pub in Troon, Prestwick and Ayr.

The 49-year-old appeared before Sheriff Desmond Leslie at Ayr Sheriff Court last week from custody. Dempsey previously admitted shouting, swearing and refusing to leave Carrick Street on March 4, 2017, despite being asked to do so.

On March 11, at Central Bar on New Bridge Street, Ayr he seized a bar tender by her hair and pushed her against a wall. The following day he nicked alcohol from the Coop on the Sandgate while he was subject to an undertaking on April 3.

Dempsey was placed on a community payback order for two years under supervision and was ordered not to enter any pub in Ayr or Prestwick. He was ordained to reappear at court for a progress report on June 13.

But on May 8 he struggled with police officers, after he was warned out pestering people on a night out in Troon, and attempted to prevent handcuffs from being applied.

He then shouted and swore at staff members at Ayr A&E and behaved in a threatening manner.

Depute Fiscal, Kevin Jarvis, said: "At 6.30pm a large crowd of youths wanted to get inside a club. The accused was under the influence and started shouting and swearing to get their attention.

"Police approached and Dempsey was warned about his behaviour. He walked away but approached the young people again. Police gave him another warning but a member of the public saw him urinate on an Ayr street.

"They saw Dempsey approach another group who looked uncomfortable. He was warned again and walked away. A short time later he started to talk to another group of youngsters. Police told him to get a taxi home.

"At 8.30pm CCTV operators noticed that the accused was back. Police took him home."

Speaking on his behalf, defence solicitor, Tony Currie, said: "This is part of the course for him. It came within days of of another episode that your Lordship had been dealing with."

Sheriff Leslie said: "It must have been one week when he was last here."

Mr Currie continued: "The police had given him umpteen chances. He was away from his home in Troon which had been severely damaged by the fire. But alcohol was not part of what caused him to jump from a window.

"He clearly needs help."

Addressing the dock, Sheriff Leslie, said: "I have given you umpteen chances. Police gave you umpteen chances to get away from the situation. But if you are going to drink you lose self control.

"If you do not listen then people cannot help you. I have some sympathy for you having to jump out of a window but no sympathy for the way you behaved that night.

"You are now barred from entering any pub in Troon, Prestwick and Ayr. I will defer sentence for two weeks and if you cannot behave you will go to jail. Can you manage two weeks? Well we will soon see."

Sentence has been deferred until June 13 for Dempsey to be of good behaviour.