A MAN has been given a community order after admitting to threatening another man.

Scott Anthony O'Brien, of Low White Close, used threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour towards Scott Anthony Brian William Price on July 18.

After pleading guilty at South Cumbria Magistrates' Court on September 11, O'Brien, 30, was placed under curfew for three weeks and forced to wear an electronic tag.

He will pay a victim surcharge of £85 and £200 in costs.