Dad caught on camera with knife claimed he was using it to build children's den
An "unlucky" dad caught on camera with a knife claimed he was using it to build a children's den.
Lewis Millar landed in trouble after police probing a disturbance identified him from a resident's ring doorbell footage.
Millar, 26, of McCracken Drive, Viewpark, appeared at Hamilton Sheriff Court this week.
He admitted carrying a knife without reasonable excuse in nearby Cedar Drive on March 3 last year.
Lewis Devoy, prosecuting, said police officers went to the area after an anonymous caller reported an incident shortly after 5pm.
He told the court: "When the officers arrived there was no obvious sign of a disturbance.
"They spoke to a number of homeowners and one showed them ring doorbell camera footage.
"The officers saw the accused Lewis Millar walking in Cedar Drive with a knife in his hand."
Millar has previous convictions and has been jailed in the past, but his lawyer claimed that on this occasion he wasn't involved in trouble.
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The solicitor stated: "He tells me he was building a den for the weans. The knife was used to cut wood for this.
"He was walking home with it and was unlucky to be going past the scene of a police investigation. It was something he was not involved in."
Sentence on Millar was deferred until March for background reports and for Sheriff Mungo Bovey to view the footage.
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