Lewis McShane, 19, also bit a police officer before he was finally restrained.
A cocaine-crazed teenager tried to force his way into a terrified elderly couple's home then stripped and posted his underwear through their letterbox.His lawyer, Ross Brown, told Airdrie Sheriff Court this week: "If ever there was an advert to young people about the dangers of cocaine this is it."Get all the news from your area – as well as features, entertainment, sport and the latest on Lanarkshire ’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips, 24/7.
The court heard the couple, who are in their 70s, were asleep when McShane turned up in the common close shortly after midnight. Officers arrived to find McShane still in the close, naked and shouting abuse. He appeared to be sweating and his eyes were glazed.
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