A man who went out with a hammer late at night and with an air rifle during the day narrowly avoided a prison sentence.
But Thomas Ferguson,19, will be kept on an electronic tag for 12 months.
And he must stay at home between the hours of 7pm and 7am - seven days a week.
Ferguson will be under a court supervision order for a a total of 18 months, and he must complete 250 hours of unpaid work during that time.
“This is an alternative to prison,” Sheriff Ross Macfarlane QC warned Ferguson.
“If you don’t comply, you are likely to be imprisoned.”
Depute fiscal Lindzi Bayne said Ferguson, of High Street, Maybole, was captured on CCTV, tooled up with a hammer.
Witnesses saw him with the air rifle, at Braemore, on the B7023 Maybole - Crosshill road, on March 4 this year.
And Ms Bayne gained court consent to have the air rifle destroyed.
Defence lawyer Glenn Davis said Ferguson was in the dock as a first offender, and was someone with a supportive family.
However, he said the young man has a problem with alcohol, and this seems to have been a factor in his offending.
“These are very serious charges that could have meant imprisonment,” Sheriff Macfarlane told Ferguson.
“But I have taken into account that you have pleaded guilty and that you have no previous convictions.”
The sheriff imposed the 18 months’ supervision and the 12 months’ restriction of liberty for the hammer offence.
And he ordered the 250 hours of unpaid work for the air rifle offence.
