A HEROIN addict who stole a till from a Glasgow bar was warned not to 'wander the streets at night'.
Colin McGregor was told "it's time to give back" after years of drug abuse and bad behaviour.
The 40-year-old found himself in the dock following the till theft from Broadcast on January 31 last year. He also pleaded guilty – whilst acting alongside another still unknown to the Crown – to having a knife in his possession outside in Sauchiehall Street on February 2, 2017.
At Glasgow Sheriff Court last week, Sheriff Lindsay Wood told the accused's lawyer: "His track record is not great."
Sheriff Wood then asked McGregor: "How long you been taking drugs?"
The accused replied: "Since I was 14."
The sheriff noted that McGregor was a heroin user, before asking if he abused other drugs. The accused responded that he would take "anything" in the past, but was now on a stable methadone prescription.
McGregor, whose address was given as HMP Barlinnie, was supported in court by his mum and dad.
Sheriff Wood acknowledged the accused's three children, adding: "They will have been through a lot. And your mum and dad.
"It's time to give back.
"I'll encourage you and keep you right, but if you mess me about..."
McGregor was placed on a structured deferred sentence and will return to court in April for a review.
Sheriff Wood lifted the accused's bail curfew in the meantime, but warned: "Don't be wandering the streets at night."
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