A YOUNG Cumnock man was caged for a savage assault on a pensioner after invading her property and kicking another lady in the head.

David Anthony Wilson, 24, admitted two charges of assault on women after breaking into a property in Ayr Road on June 29 this year.

He also behaved in a threatening abusive manner at the address then in a police car.

Wilson repeatedly banged the door, while shouting and swearing before kicking it.

He then struck the door with a garden fork, then entered the address while shouting and acting aggressively.

He also made threats of violence as well as sexual remarks.

Having forced open the door and entered uninvited, he pushed the 76-year-old causing her to fall to the ground.

He then returned to the property with a deck chair and pushed her with it knocking her to the floor.

Wilson assaulted a second woman on entering the address, pushing her on the body then kicking her on the head.

When he appeared at Ayr Sheriff Court for sentencing, Wilson’s defence told the court his client appreciated the charges were of the “utmost gravity”, adding he was “now attending college and making good progress”.

He said: “He appears thoroughly embarrassed and ashamed. He is keen to apologise to the complainers but obviously prevented from doing this.

“He appears to embrace, acknowledge and understand – there appears to have been an awakening.

“All I can say was he was so intoxicated he has little or no recollection of the offence. He said to me he understood the property was abandoned, clearly it was not.

“Mercifully, the complainers didn’t sustain any life-threatening injuries.”

Sheriff Shirley Foran interjected suggesting: “Perhaps the psychological harm exceeds.”

Sentencing, she said: “This remains a grievous offence over a sustained time. You went to the home of the women, attacking both in their own home.

“Given the gravity of circumstances such as these there is no alternative to custody.

“I take full account of plea and time on remand.”

Wilson, of Dauner Way, Cumnock, was given two year sentence in total - with 16 months to be spent behind bars.