A MAN’S love of loud bangs caused a bomb scare in West Kilbride.

Ryan Loye, caused a terrifying chemical bang with an experiment he learned on YouTube, Kilmarnock Sheriff Court heard this week.

The 22-year old admitted he was making either a “bomb or a cannon” when he lit the explosive substance in Gateside Street, West Kilbride on August 12, 2015.

This was the same day as an explosion in China which was caused by chemicals such as calcium carbine, a substance police said was used by Loye.

It was revealed at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court last week how the 22-year-old was at the shared garden area of a block of flats.

Neighbours heard a loud bang and all of them got a fright at the noise.
According to the fiscal depute, one witness in particular described it as “massive” and went outside to see what it was. 

Loye was asked what he was doing and was noted to have a brown drain pipe in his hands. 

He said he was “making either a bomb or a cannon.”
Other witnesses were concerned having seen the item and the police were contacted by a number of people in the community. 

The police were directed to the area and they spoke to a number of people but Loye was not there at this point.

He returned to the property when he heard that police were in attendance due to the incident. 

Loye told police that he wished to be a chemist and had watched a YouTube clip then carried out an experiment which mixed a chemical with water within the pipe.

The chemical was seized by police and Loye cooperated fully. 
He pleaded guilty to the offence at court last week.

James Irvine, defending, said his client has a “curious interest” in chemistry and the substances that cause bangs.

He said the Crown were satisfied that it was a bang and not an explosion.
No damage was caused during the incident.

Mr Irvine said Loye intends to go to college to study and is now living with his parents in Irvine.

Presiding Sheriff Alistair Watson adjourned Loye’s case until July for social work reports to be completed.

Police were contacted by a number of people in the community. 

The police were directed to the area and they spoke to a number of people but Loye was not there at this point.

He returned to the property when he heard that police were in attendance due to the incident. 

Loye told police that he wished to be a chemist and had watched a YouTube clip then carried out an experiment which mixed a chemical with water within the pipe.

The chemical was seized by police and Loye cooperated fully. 
He pleaded guilty to the offence at court last week.

James Irvine, defending, said his client has a “curious interest” in chemistry and the substances that cause bangs.

He said the Crown were satisfied that it was a bang and not an explosion.
No damage was caused during the incident.

Mr Irvine said Loye intends to go to college to study and is now living with his parents in Irvine.

Presiding Sheriff Alistair Watson adjourned Loye’s case until July for social work reports to be completed.