BACKGROUND reports have been ordered into a Borders man who was involved in a bust-up with his partner while holding a knife and a baseball bat.
Daniel Coward, 28, of Jedburgh, pleaded guilty at the town's sheriff court to a charge of threatening or abusive behaviour at a house in Grieve Avenue on August 19 and then assaulting a police officer by kicking him on the body.
A not guilty plea to a third charge of obstructing police officers was accepted by the Crown.
Coward, of Headrig, Jedburgh, admitted acting in an aggressive manner, shouting and swearing and striking household items with a baseball bat, taking possession of a knife and making threats towards the woman.
Sheriff Peter Paterson deferred sentence until February 15 for the production of a Criminal Justice Social Work Report and a Restriction of Liberty Order assessment.
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