A man who punched two boys following a chaotic children’s football match has been fined £1,500 at Perth Sheriff Court.
Ian Scobie, 44, of Haddington Gardens, Dundee, had previously been found guilty after trial of punching the two teenagers on August 30 last year at Davie Park, Blairgowrie.
The court had heard how a match between teams from Monifieth and Blairgowrie descended into chaos, due to spectating mothers threatening the referee and the game being abandoned.
Scobie’s son was playing for Monifieth.
One of the boys in question, who was then aged 16, had told the court: “He (Scobie) grabbed me by the throat and punched me. My nose was swollen.
“He grabbed my friend by the scruff of the neck and punched him to the ground.”
The other boy, aged 15 at the time, had said: “One of them called us Blairgowrie minks. The father came and approached us and said we called his son names.
“I stepped in his way and he swung for me — it was a punch. He didn’t properly connect.
“I knew it was a punch because I saw his fist. He fled and ran back to the car park.”
Solicitor Kevin Hampton, defending, had said: “The boys were saying things about people getting stabbed after the game and making reference to Dundee minks. It’s suggested these boys were causing bother.
“The referee’s match report says he was threatened by female supporters of the Blairgowrie team.”
Mr Hampton said his client accepted he had dealt with the incident “the wrong way.”
Sheriff Fiona Tait told Scobie his fine would be “significant.”
