A 36-YEAR-OLD man struggled violently with police after causing a disturbance in Dunfermline.

He admitted that on September 4, at Whitelaw Crescent, he struck a door repeatedly, attempted to gain entry, pulled a waterpipe down, shouted and swore at the occupants, placing them in a state of fear and alarm, shouted and swore at the police and committed a breach of the peace.

Darren Cross, of Duncan Crescent, pleaded guilty by letter to the offences at Dunfermline Sheriff Court.

He also admitted he resisted three police officers by struggling violently with them.

Sheriff Charles Macnair called for reports and Cross will be sentenced on July 7.