A builder who drunkenly used his industrial digger to gouge holes into a shared garden in a bitter boundary row with his neighbour has been slapped with a community order.
Grant Hunter, 38, started ploughing randomly across the disputed area despite being subject to a court order not to enter the land.
Neighbour Peter Doogan came out and filmed Hunter as he mowed across the line before the two men launched into an angry verbal sparring match.
Mr Doogan's Barbara then came outside and the construction worker was reported to police - but he claims he was only attempting to build a fence.
Hunter was sentenced to carry out 100 hours unpaid work after admitting breaching the peace along with breaking a bail condition at Perth Sheriff Court.
He had previously been ordered not to talk to his next-door neighbours on 17 December before the incident on 29 April and accepted wrongdoing.
But his lawyer told the court that the builder believed the Doogans knew how to "play the system" by deliberately confronting him in the garden.
Fiscal depute Andrew Harding told the court: "They are neighbours, living no further than five metres apart, and there are no other persons nearby.
"There are ongoing issues with shared garden land. Mr Doogan was at home when he saw the accused in a digger in the shared garden. He appeared to be digging holes at random.
"Mr Doogan commenced filming on his mobile phone and approached the accused and questioned him about what he was doing. He felt it was clear the accused was heavily under the influence of alcohol.
"The accused engaged in conversation which was aggressive from both parties. He made no attempt to leave the area. The behaviour continued for around half an hour.
"By this time Barbara Doogan had returned and the accused engaged both in conversation. Eventually they went their separate ways and Mr Doogan contacted the police."
Gordon Martin, defending, said: "There is an ongoing dispute over the boundary. It would seem that Mr Doogan would have known full well Mr Hunter was going to do some construction work of some sort on the area of ground he believed to be his.
"His daughter had been injured as a result of the Doogan's dog being on his ground. He was digging holes to build a fence.
"Mr Doogan deliberately chooses to video and speak to him, and his wife, knowing there's a bail condition, trots out as well.
"These people know they can play the system and ensure he is arrested. They wait for as long as they think appropriate and then trot off and get the police to do what they have to do.
Hunter, of Ferryfield House, near Abernethy, admitted acting in a threatening or abusive manner and being aggressive on 29 April this year and breaking a bail order imposed on 17 December.
Sheriff Neil Bowie said: "You knew full well these bail conditions were in place for good reason, to stop situations like this arising.
"You must have known your activity that day was bound to lead to Mr Doogan coming to speak to you and thereafter the situation arising."
