Robert Queen has long been the bane of other Manse Road residents’ lives due to his drunken antics.

And his behaviour has been so bad over the years that he is the subject of an Anti-Social Behaviour Order (ASBO).

The court order, which was imposed in September 2007, forbids Queen from causing excessive noise by banging doors and furniture, playing music excessively loudly or allowing guests at his home to do the same.

But he found himself back in the dock at Paisley Sheriff Court accused of breaching the ASBO on January 3 last year.

Hazel Emmerson, prosecuting, told the court that police were called to the property by Queen himself but, when the officers got there, he was nowhere to be seen.

She explained: “There was loud music coming from the TV in the front room and the stereo in the kitchen but there was no trace of the accused.

“He returned some minutes later, walking through his neighbours’ front garden.

“He entered the property and slammed the door multiple times before locking it.” The officers asked Queen why he had contacted them but he was so drunk that he wasn’t making any sense.

Emmerson said: “He refused to be taken to hospital to be seen by a doctor and he burst into rants, shouting and swearing, when talking to the police.” When officers realised Queen was the subject of an ASBO, they arrested him for breaching the court order and took him to Paisley’s Mill Street police office.

The 46-year-old was convicted of breaching his ASBO and, when he appeared in court this week, was given a chance to keep himself on the straight and narrow.

Rhona Lynch, defending, said he was working with staff at Barrhead health centre to and is now “happy in his life.” She said he had recently split from boyfriend Steven Robertson which meant he was drinking, and ending up in court, less, adding: “He seems to be getting his life back on track.” The lawyer added that his drinking was so bad that he would often end up hurt, making him “a danger to himself and a nuisance to his neighbours.” And she said that Queen who spent 18 years as a barman in the village and worked for 10 years as a fibre glass laminator, had not worked since being the victim of a serious assault over a decade ago.

Sheriff Susan Sinclair told Queen she was giving him the chance to prove he could stay out of trouble, deferring sentence on him for good behaviour.

Telling him to return to court in July, she added: “Let’s see if things can start looking on the up instead of on the down.” Robert Queen has long been the bane of other Manse Road residents’ lives due to his drunken antics.

And his behaviour has been so bad over the years that he is the subject of an Anti-Social Behaviour Order (ASBO).

The court order, which was imposed in September 2007, forbids Queen from causing excessive noise by banging doors and furniture, playing music excessively loudly or allowing guests at his home to do the same.

But he found himself back in the dock at Paisley Sheriff Court accused of breaching the ASBO on January 3 last year.

Hazel Emmerson, prosecuting, told the court that police were called to the property by Queen himself but, when the officers got there, he was nowhere to be seen.

She explained: “There was loud music coming from the TV in the front room and the stereo in the kitchen but there was no trace of the accused.

“He returned some minutes later, walking through his neighbours’ front garden.

“He entered the property and slammed the door multiple times before locking it.” The officers asked Queen why he had contacted them but he was so drunk that he wasn’t making any sense.

Emmerson said: “He refused to be taken to hospital to be seen by a doctor and he burst into rants, shouting and swearing, when talking to the police.” When officers realised Queen was the subject of an ASBO, they arrested him for breaching the court order and took him to Paisley’s Mill Street police office.

The 46-year-old was convicted of breaching his ASBO and, when he appeared in court this week, was given a chance to keep himself on the straight and narrow.

Rhona Lynch, defending, said he was working with staff at Barrhead health centre to and is now “happy in his life.” She said he had recently split from boyfriend Steven Robertson which meant he was drinking, and ending up in court, less, adding: “He seems to be getting his life back on track.” The lawyer added that his drinking was so bad that he would often end up hurt, making him “a danger to himself and a nuisance to his neighbours.” And she said that Queen who spent 18 years as a barman in the village and worked for 10 years as a fibre glass laminator, had not worked since being the victim of a serious assault over a decade ago.

Sheriff Susan Sinclair told Queen she was giving him the chance to prove he could stay out of trouble, deferring sentence on him for good behaviour.

Telling him to return to court in July, she added: “Let’s see if things can start looking on the up instead of on the down.”