Stenhousemuir offender made online 'paedophile' accusations and 'crossbow' threat

Rachel Hill, procurator fiscal depute, said: “It was in the early hours when the witness received a call from her sister stating there was a Facebook post staing things about their family, alleging a family member was a paedophile.

"Comments in the post by the accused included, ‘I’m putting youse all on warning – I’ll leave youse with nothing – youse ruined the start of my life so I’ll ruin the end of your life’.

"He added ‘I still have possession of a self-loading, magazine holding crossbow’.”

Sheriff Christopher Shead placed McConnell, 329 Main Street, Stenhousemuir, on a supervised community payback order for 12 months and made him subject to a restriction of liberty order, meaning he must remain in his home from 7pm to 7am for the next five months.