A DRUNKEN creep walked in to his neighbour’s bedroom, woke her up by saying “I hear there’s a party in here” and then attempted to unfasten his trousers.

On Thursday, Scott Yates admitted causing fear and alarm at an address in Sauchie’s Rosebank on October 23 last year.

Fiscal depute Ruaraidh Ferguson told Alloa Sheriff Court that it was around 11pm when the 33-year-old accused knocked on the complainer’s door.

When a 14-year-old girl answered, Yates asked: “Is your mum in?”

The teenager replied: “Aye, how?”

The accused, who was under the influence of alcohol, walked in uninvited.

The youngster was confused as to what was going on, asking: “What are you doing in my house?”

Yates followed the girl upstairs and into the mother’s bedroom. The woman, who was fast asleep, was wakened by the accused saying: “I hear there’s a party in here.”

He then attempted to unfasten his trousers. Fearful and alarmed, the complainer screamed at him to leave.

After Yates left, the police were called and he was thereafter arrested.

Defending, Kelly Howe claimed that her client’s actions were a direct consequence of the amount of alcohol he consumed.

Yates was said to have had no recollection of meeting his friends earlier, could not remember the offence at all, and woke up to find himself in the cells.

Ms Howe stated that the accused didn’t even know his own name when he was detained.

She added that Yates, who was said to be in a stable relationship and deemed as a low risk reoffender, had not shirked away from responsibility; he just couldn’t remember it.

Sheriff David Mackie highlighted that the complainer woke up from a sleep to find the accused unfastening his trousers.

He noted: “She was horrified, distressed and shocked.”

Despite the details heard, the sheriff read over the Criminal Justice Social Work report and accepted there was no significant sexual element to Yates’ crime.

However, Sheriff Mackie understood that the complainer would have thought otherwise at the time of the offence.

Although “worthy of a custodial sentence”, Yates was given a Community Payback Order with 270 hours of unpaid work to be completed within 12 months.