A council worker from Arbroath must compensate a man he punched after a Deacon Blue concert in Dundee.
Barry Brown attended the Caird Hall gig on December 10 last year and later attended some city pubs with his now former partner.
When he was overheard squabbling about the fastest route to their hotel, he attacked a man who intervened.
At the Nethergate, Brown, 45, punched 53-year-old Scott Fraser on the back of the head, knocking his glasses off.
He also admitted pursuing Mr Fraser, who was out with his wife, and telling him “you’re going to get a doing”.
Sheriff John Rafferty fined Brown, of James Street in Arbroath, £290.
He must also pay his victim £200.
Comic’s mercy dash
Perthshire comedian and television star Jim Smith told a court how he discovered a drunken driver near his home after hearing her post-crash screams. Annette Stobbs was found at the scene of an accident and was found to be double the drink-drive limit.
Woman scorned
A woman once banned from Kirriemuir after tormenting her ex-boyfriend has admitted keying his car in an Iceland car park.
At Dundee Sheriff Court, Holly Wilson pled guilty to acting threateningly or abusively by approaching the man’s car, punching the bonnet and scratching the paintwork.
The incident took place on September 22 last year in the supermarket car park on Pitkerro Road.
Wilson, of Pitfour Street, had sentence deferred for six months by Sheriff Paul Brown for her to be of good behaviour.
The 20-year-old university student was convicted of sending abusive text messages earlier this year.
Stalker’s chocolates and whisky
A former Perth hairdresser was caught hiding in his ex-girlfriend’s back garden, drinking whisky and eating chocolate. Ferdi Gul, 42, stalked his former partner as part of a “sustained” seven-month campaign of abusive behaviour.
‘Excitement and exuberance’
A St Johnstone supporter who was caught up in a “dangerous” melee at McDiarmid Park has been fined £450.
Kenzie Harvey, from Perth, is the fifth fan to be convicted in connection with what was described as a “near riot” on cup final day in May last year.
The 22-year-old appeared at the city’s sheriff court and admitted a reduced charge of committing a breach of the peace by being part of a disorderly crowd which shouted, swore and forced its way through a perimeter gate.
Fiscal depute Andrew Harding said Harvey was part of a group of men who had arrived to welcome home Saints players from Hampden.
He said stewards and police had to withdraw when the supporters followed the team coach through a perimeter fence.
Mounted officers were drafted in to quell the disturbance.
Harvey, of Goodlyburn Place, has been subject to a bail condition for more than a year, banning him from attending St Johnstone games.
Solicitor Pauline Cullerton, defending, said: “There was a lot more going on that day.
“Mr Harvey’s behaviour was at the lower end of the scale.”
Sheriff Derek Reekie told Harvey: “Clearly your excitement and exuberance at these celebrations got the better of you and you fell in with a crowd which behaved in a very dangerous way.
“I accept that your involvement was at the lower end.
“However, this sort of incident would have caused considerable risk to all sorts of people, including the supporters, police and security.
“I take account that you are a first offender and you have already been penalised by bail order which stopped you from attending matches.”
The sheriff did not issue a football banning order.
Trafficking victim claims
Albanian Ardit Beraj was allegedly trafficked to Fife to work as a lookout at a cannabis farm, Dunfermline Sheriff Court was told.
He spent nearly nine months behind bars after being found living in squalor in a farm building at Upper Steelend, near Saline, between September 1 and November 27 in 2018.
Beraj, who admitted being concerned in the supply of cannabis, said he came to the UK in the back of a lorry from Belgium to work in construction but was whisked to the rural location and could not leave.
The court heard a raid uncovered 250 cannabis plants – with a maximum potential street value of £210,000.
The Home Office say Beraj was assessed and not deemed a victim of modern slavery.
Spray threat
A Montrose man phoned police to say he would pepper spray officers and unleashed a can of pet-safe spray at a constable who came to his home.
The doorstep confrontation took place just a day after police had conducted a welfare check at the man’s home.
Shaun Murray, 40, has been on remand since his bizarre April 999 call from Lamb Way and was sentenced at Dundee Sheriff Court.
Sheriff Gregor Murray placed him under supervision for a year and ordered him to undertake addiction and mental health support at his social worker’s request and to only live in approved accommodation.
