A Cumbernauld shooting victim has avoided jail after he admitted carrying an axe following the attack.
Marc McDermott was shot in the back and backside in an incident in which a dog died and its owner was injured.
He was confronted by three masked men after parking a Nissan Navara 4x4 near a relative's home in Brunswick Gardens, Cumbernauld, in January last year.
An innocent 52-year-old dog walker suffered a hand injury and her pet Maltichon dog, Henry, was killed.
McDermott, who has a previous conviction for attempted murder, was treated in hospital for his injuries.
Reports at the time linked the shooting to an underworld feud.
McDermott, 29, formerly of Maple Court, Cumbernauld, has now admitted carrying a bladed item - an axe - without reasonable excuse in Hamill Drive, Kilsyth, on August 20 last year.
He also admitted breaching a bail curfew on various occasions, but other charges were dropped including an allegation that he brandished a knife and fought with an unknown male in Millcroft Road, Cumbernauld, on April 25, 2020.
McDermott said he breached the curfew because he believed his home was being "targeted".
HIs lawyer, Ian Brechany, said the background of violence was "mitigation for his offending".
Explaining why McDermott had not complied with his bail curfew, Mr Brechany told Airdrie Sheriff Court: "He thought his address was being targeted.
"He now has a change of address but, standing the background, I won't read it out in open court.
"He has a chequered past and it might be said he is the author of his own misfortune.
"But he has made a significant effort to turn matters around and has found employment in his family's industrial cleaning company."
Sheriff Fergus Thomson said he was prepared to impose an alternative to custody and put McDermott under supervision for 12 months.
He must also complete 72 hours of unpaid community work.
McDermott and another man were jailed in 2012 for an attempted murder that left the 19-year-old male victim brain damaged.
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