A cemetery visitor who drunkenly abused ambulance crew members has been placed on probation for two years.

James Morrison Smith Scalley threatened medics who had been called to treat him by concerned passers-by at Old Monkland Cemetery on May 31.

The 45-year-old, of Hutchison Place, Coatbridge, admitted behaving in a disorderly manner, shouting, swearing, issuing threats to the two men and committing a breach of the peace – all while on bail.

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