Ross Durnan (18), address given as 11 Queens Drive, Hawick, admitted causing annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety to Strathclyde Police by making the calls from an address in Montague Street on December 14 last year.

Procurator fiscal Stephen McGowan told the court that a series of calls had been made to police from the locus, complaining about loud music; having made a number of visits to the house in question, police traced Durnan, who produced his mobile phone from a drawer in the living room.

Marianne Hunter, defending, told the court Durnan had admitted from the outset making two hoax calls to police in which they were asked to attend the scene to deal with excessive noise.

"Alcohol had been drunk," Mrs Hunter said, "but Mr Durnan accepts that the whole episode was extremely foolish."

Sheriff George Jamieson deferred sentence for three months for Durnan to be of good behaviour.