A former soldier has been found guilty of attacking a man with a kitchen fork and setting his dog on him.
Robert Moffat, 51, who stated he had served with the Royal Corp of Transport and the Royal Pioneer Corp, as well as serving in Northern Ireland five times, was found guilty by a majority jury verdict.
Witness Frances Lamont, who was formerly in a relationship with Moffat, told Perth Sheriff Court he had called her in the early hours of the morning while carrying out an attack on her brother, leading her to call 999.
She said she could hear Moffat instructing the animal, a two-year-old Staffordshire bull terrier/rottweiler cross called Norton, to attack her brother, John Lamont.
Moffat had owned the dog, which was two years old at the time, for around 10 months.
Moffat was found guilty of assaulting John Lamont by repeatedly punching him and striking him with a kitchen fork before instructing his dog to attack him at an address on North Bridge Street, Crieff, on May 23.
Sheriff Lindsay Foulis deferred sentence until next month for the production of criminal justice social work reports.
