A Fife Council lorry driver with a broken nose lost his temper with hospital staff because he was asked to wear a Covid mask.
Graham Yasir, 21, also wrongly accused an employee at Queen Margaret Hospital of being a racist as he waited for treatment.
Yasir, of Dunfermline’s Abel Place, pled guilty to shouting, swearing and acting in an aggressive manner towards two staff at the hospital on September 26 last year.
Procurator fiscal depute Catherine Stevenson told Dunfermline Sheriff Court Yasi went to the hospital for treatment for a broken nose and jaw.
Ms Stevenson said Yasir was “very angry” at reception and “took umbrage at being asked to wear a mask”.
He continued to shout and swear and when a receptionist asked members of the public to leave the waiting area to comply with Covid restrictions, Yasir shouted: “That racist is asking everyone to leave”.
The fiscal depute said Yasir was in the process of being referred when he implied a staff member was “withholding treatment due to his ethnicity”.
The court heard Yasir continued to shout and swear while demanding treatment.
He was escorted out of the room and police were contacted.
Defence lawyer Alistair Murphy said first offender Yasir felt embarrassed and remorseful.
He said: “He was in a lot of pain and very irritable and took issue at being asked to wear a mask because he had a broken nose.
“He simply lost his temper and behaved unacceptably.”
Sheriff Francis Gill fined him £405.
Marine partially blinded
Royal Marine Aaron Goldsbury told Perth Sheriff Court how he faces a cornea transplant after being left with shard of glass in his eye in an altercation in Dundee’s Balcony Bar. He gave evidence in the trial of Liam Reilly, who was accused of glassing him. Mr Reilly was cleared of all charges when he admitted he dropped a pint glass when he was headbutted but did not throw it.
Teen assault admonishment
Former rugby coach Mark Feighan was admonished after admitting punching a 15-year-old boy in a dispute over a plant pot.
The 56-year-old, who was vice-president of Strathmore Rugby Club, had originally denied the May 6 assault – described by a sheriff as an “extremely violent reaction” – at a communal yard by his home at Carnegie Street in Arbroath.
He pled guilty midway through his trial at Forfar Sheriff Court and a not guilty plea to a second charge of behaving in a threatening or abusive manner was accepted.
The youngster had filmed the incident, which started when he entered the area to move the planter, because he had been warned there had been an ongoing dispute involving Feighan.
A neighbour separated the pair and the youngster was not injured.
Murder petition
Allan Massie, 31, from Arbroath appeared in private on a petition alleging murder, theft and weapons possession. He made no plea to the charges, relating to the death on Tuesday of Dr Bill Yule in Forfar.
Road worker jailed
A Kirkcaldy man caught dealing nearly £25,000 worth of heroin and cocaine has been jailed for 27 months.
Jamie Christensen, 28, formerly of Glamis Road, previously admitted being concerned in the supply of the class A drugs between June 11 and 18 last year.
At Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court this week, Sheriff Alastair Brown jailed him for 27 months.
Last month, Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court heard police searched a property in the town’s Westwood Avenue in June 2021 after receiving a tip-off.
Fiscal depute Sarah Smith said the potential street value of the heroin and cocaine seized was £14,350 and £10,400 respectively.
A mobile phone was also discovered, which contained a text message making it clear Christensen was responsible for the drugs.
Christensen’s defence lawyer Martin McGuire said his client was going sell the drugs.
The solicitor said Christensen, who worked as a road surfacer, had “fallen on hard times” and was struggling financially and saw the sale of drugs as an “easy out”.
‘Forced’ to steal
Arbroath addict Connor McGregor was “forced” to steal more than £300 of toys and food from Tesco or his family would have been attacked, a court heard. He had been subject to a savage weekend beating and turned up in court with a broken nose.
Rapist called police
A rapist who phoned the police after he attacked a sleeping woman has been jailed for 39 months.
Luke Walker, 25, preyed on his victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, in Lochgelly on an occasion between March 14 and 16 2020.
The High Court in Edinburgh heard the woman describe how she twice woke to find him assaulting her.
Jurors heard how Walker told her he was “really, really, really” sorry.
He said he thought she was awake, had given consent and had stopped the moment he was told to stop.
However, Walker, of Blackpool, Lancashire, later contacted police who found enough evidence to bring to court and jurors convicted him of rape.
His victim – a 24-year-old woman – told the court she met him on an online dating app.
She said she had gone to sleep in a house but woke to find Walker abusing her.
It happened twice, she said.
She later sent texts to him detailing her feelings about the abuse.
The court heard Walker replied: “I said I was sorry and I was really, really sorry and it never happened again.”
Walker then contacted the police.
Sexual assault not proven
Sexual assault charges against Jean Esingle were deemed not proven by a sheriff. The Rebreak News online journalist had been accused of sexually assaulting two women and assaulting a man after interrupting a consensual threesome at a Halloween party.
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