A KNIFE crime accused smashed the glass panelled front door of a house in Port Glasgow with a blade before threatening two men inside, it is alleged.
Edward Glancy - who is facing a trial before a sheriff and jury on the indictment matter - is also accused of vandalising a wall and a car at the property on Stroma Avenue.
Glancy, 49, is said to have shouted, swore and uttered threats of violence towards the alleged victims.
Prosecutors say he behaved in a threatening or abusive manner likely to cause a reasonable person to suffer fear or alarm on September 25, 2022.
Glancy - who is currently remanded in custody - is further accused of repeatedly striking a garden wall with the knife.
Prosecutors say he ripped off concrete slabs causing damage to the wall before maliciously using the blade to strike a front tyre of a Vauxhall Insignia car.
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The Crown alleges that Glancy breached a 7pm-7am night-time curfew imposed as part of a bail order in October 2022 by failing to remain within his home just more than a week after the directive was issued.
He is also accused of failing to appear for a hearing at Greenock Sheriff Court on February 20 this year.
Glancy pleaded not guilty to a total of seven alleged offences through his solicitor Amy Spencer at the latest calling of matters.
Sheriff James Varney has scheduled a three-day trial for the week commencing June 24.
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