A man has admitted attacking a £10 million lottery winner in a bar room brawl.
John Bowman, who scooped the huge National Lottery jackpot last April, was set upon by Marshall Baer at Forfar’s Burns Bar on Sunday January 8.
Baer first assaulted Kirsty Skinner by pushing her on the body. He then turned his attention to Bowman – grabbing him and pulling him to the ground before punching him on the head.
An allegation that Baer repeatedly kicked Mr Bowman on the head during the attack was deleted from the charge by the Crown.
Baer had claimed he was acting in self-defence. But the 61-year-old, of Archies Park, Forfar, dropped that claim and pleaded guilty to two charges of assault at Forfar Sheriff Court.
He had his not guilty plea to an allegation that he assaulted former partner Janette Fyfe by pushing her, causing her to strike her head on a wall, accepted by the Crown.
He also had not guilty pleas accepted to behaving in a threatening and abusive manner during the bar incident and driving without due care or attention on the Dunnichen road between Forfar and Letham, Angus, driving at excessive speed, losing control at an s-bend, striking a pillar and causing the vehicle to overturn damaging the vehicle and the pillar and injuring himself.
Sheriff Kevin Veal noted two previous convictions for assault and said he required a social work background report before the offences admitted could be dealt with.
