A DRINK driver forgot to put his handbrake on before getting out of his car to shout abuse at people.

Cops say Lee Borland, 37, was clearly under the influence of a “substantial amount of alcohol” at the time of the incident, however, he refused to comply with breath tests.

He exited his vehicle and it rolled back, colliding with another, on the afternoon of September 11, last year.

At Glasgow Sheriff Court, fiscal depute Monique Cooney said: “Witnesses within their car approached the off slip at the Clydeside Expressway.

“The driver sounded the vehicle's horn to make the accused aware of their presence. He slammed on the brakes and got out and shouted abuse at them.

“Before leaving his car to shout at the witnesses, he didn’t engage his car's handbrake, so his vehicle rolled back into the witnesses’ car.

“He challenged them to a fight but the witnesses refused to leave their car. The accused re-entered his car and drove away.

“The witnesses followed him towards Thornwood. He stopped at Thornwood Avenue then drove off again. At 3.15pm, police attended at Thornwood Place after a phone call had been made by the witnesses.

“Upon arrival, officers noted the accused outside his car polishing it. He was unsteady on his feet, stumbling and slurring his words. He also smelled of alcohol.

“He dismissed the police officers and pointed to the witnesses. Officers asked him to provide a specimen of breath. He refused and was taken to Clydebank police office.”

Whilst within the police station, Borland failed to comply with a further two breath tests.

He appeared in court for sentencing after previously pleading guilty to colliding with another car, failing to report the accident, behaving in a threatening and abusive manner and refusing to provide specimen of breaths.

Sheriff Vincent Lunny asked the fiscal depute what the cost of damage to the witnesses’ vehicle was and if they were out of pocket.

However, the Crown did not hold that information.

The sheriff said: “That is something I want to consider as part of sentencing, a compensation order. It’s something I want to know because I don’t want them to be out of pocket.”

Borland’s lawyer said it was her client’s position that there was no damage.

But the sheriff replied: “It’s a serious matter, it’s his third effective drink driving case albeit the others are historical.

“I want to consider a compensation order as part of the disposal.”

The case was deferred for the Crown to find out the requested information.

Borland, of Castlemilk, will return to court in April.