BACKGROUND reports have been ordered into a 27-year-old man who admitted causing a disturbance at his Galashiels home.

Anton Bridges pleaded guilty at Selkirk Sheriff Court last Thursday to a charge of threatening or abusive behaviour at the property in Broom Drive, on May 21.

Bridges was convicted of shouting and swearing and uttering racially offensive remarks during the incident.

Sheriff John Mundy deferred sentence until October 28 for the production of Criminal Justice Social Work Report and a Restriction of Liberty Order assessment.