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A man accused of taking part in a siege situation involving armed police officers where he asked for Brendan Rodgers to be brought back as Celtic manager appeared in court today.

Shaun McConville faces a total of 12 charges over the alleged events of Monday, March 18, at his home in Springbank Road, Paisley .

The 30-year-old also allegedly asked for "a bag of cans" as part of his ransom "demands".

And he is said to have trashed his neighbours' homes, damaged police cars and assaulted officers after barricading himself on a landing outside his flat while armed with a kitchen knife, hammer and screwdriver and claiming he had hostages.

He appeared at Paisley Sheriff Court on Wednesday afternoon to face the 12 charges against him

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Prosecutors claim he behaved in a threatening way and barricaded himself on the second floor landing of his property where he repeatedly shouted and swore, stated he had hostages and made threats to blow up the property.

McConville also faces three charges of being armed with offensive weapons, one in relation to the kitchen knife, one in relation to the hammer, and one in relation to the screwdriver.

Four of the charges he faces relate to him allegedly smashing his neighbours' windows, damaging their gas supply boxes by kicking them and kicking one of their doors. A further charge states he damaged three police cars by throwing items at them, and another charge accuses him of culpably and recklessly throwing items from the "second floor balcony" which struck and damaged a number of cars and narrowly missed police officers.

He also faces two charges of assaulting police officers by allegedly throwing a knife and screwdriver at Police Constables Kieran Boyle and Jack McElwee, and assaulting PC Colin MacKenzie by throwing tiles at him from the second floor balcony.

McConville made no plea to the 12 charges against him during the behind-closed-doors hearing, where he was represented by defence solicitor Paul Lynch.

Sheriff Tom Ward then continued the case against him for prosecutors to investigate further and remanded him in custody.

No future court dates have been set by a second hearing is expected to take place next week.