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A DRUNKEN yob who left a young mum and her daughter terrified by sticking his manhood through their letterbox narrowly avoided a jail sentence yesterday.

Paisley Sheriff Court heard that Mariusz Wojcik had left a pub in a drunken state and ended up at a flat in the town’s Well Street.

Although 45-year-old Wojcik didn’t know the people who lived there, he began to kick the front door.

A woman who was inside with her child and her niece became so alarmed that she decided to call the cops.

When her boyfriend arrived, he made his way past Wojcik and into the flat and used his weight to barricade the door, amid fears the bare-chested thug would be able to get inside.

Moments later, the woman and her daughter, who can’t be named for legal reasons, saw Wojcik shove his penis through the letterbox.

Depute fiscal Pamela Flynn said when police reached the scene, they found him still standing in the tenement close, heavily intoxicated.

Wojcik, of Brown Street, Paisley, lashed out as officers moved in to arrest him.

In court, he admitted behaving in a threatening or abusive manner, likely to cause fear and alarm to others, by repeatedly kicking the door of the flat, shouting at the occupants and placing his penis through the letterbox.

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He also pled guilty to resisting arrest and hindering and obstructing police at the incident in June last year.

The court was told the Crown accepted there was no sexual motivation to his actions.

Defence agent David Nicholson said his client had been so drunk at the time he had no recollection of the events. He added: “He accepted from the outset that this must have been extremely distressing for those inside and is deeply ashamed of his conduct and apologises. He did not know those involved. It was a random, spontaneous and impulsive act.”

Sheriff Seith Ireland described the incident as “disgraceful behaviour” that could easily warrant a prison sentence.

However, after hearing the accused had only recently been made the subject of a Community Payback Order at Glasgow Sheriff Court, he added that he felt “constrained” to allow that to take some effect.

Sheriff Ireland ordered Wojcik to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work in the community and told him he would be supervised by social workers for a year.

He added: “Those inside this flat must have been terrified. This was quite atrocious conduct.

“It is very worrying when so much alcohol is taken that you lost control and became a menace to people at that address, with a young child inside.”