A bus driver locked himself inside the cab after a passenger refused to get off before becoming abusive.

Edward Cairns, 53, of Thornliebank, was sentenced at Glasgow Sheriff Court recently after pleading guilty to two charges of behaving in a threatening or abusive manner.

The court heard that on March 29 Samer Idlbi, a First Bus driver, was approaching his last stop on Gauze Street in Paisley and told passengers they would have to get off.

Everyone did so except Cairns who pretended to be asleep. He was asked to leave but refused.

Idlbi then went to his cab and locked himself inside before contacting police.

He began to drive to Helen Street police office in Govan and during the journey, Cairns got up and went to the cab.

He started to shout and swear at Idlbi calling him a “f*****g c**t scumbag” and a “p**i b*****d” all of which was heard on Idlbi’s call to police.

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He then attempted to open the door of the cab to get to Idlbi before punching and kicking it.

At 12.30am the bus arrived at Helen Street where cops removed Cairns from the bus.

In an earlier separate incident on January 9, Cairns flagged down a taxi on Pollokshaws Road in Strathbungo.

During the journey, he threatened to ‘batter and mug’ the driver and referred to him as a “black b*****d”.

The driver contacted police as Cairns's tirade of abuse continued and he began to kick the rear partition.

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The man drove to a police station where officers found Cairns to be irate in the back of the vehicle.

He was cautioned and arrested.

Police reviewed audio clips from the taxi’s dash cam where Cairns’ language was clearly heard.

Cairns’ lawyer told the court that his client would be fit for light unpaid work.

The defence solicitor said: “It is regrettable that he finds himself back in court. He had avoided any difficulties for seven years or so.

“He was struggling.”

Sheriff Simone Sweeney placed Cairns on a community payback order with 60 hours of unpaid work and 12 months of social work supervision.

Cairns was placed on a further community payback order with 150 hours of unpaid work.