News / Teen took out temper on two men
A SHETLAND teenager who dragged a man out of a taxi to beat him up and punched another man while he was driving a car was fined, at Lerwick Sheriff Court yesterday (Wednesday).
Seventeen year old Daniel Ewan, of 25 Ladies Drive, assaulted his first victim at Hoofields, in Lerwick, on 5 December.
The court heard that the young man was so frightened that he ran away and leaped into a passing taxi, only for Ewan to pull him out of the vehicle and punch him in the head.
The second assault took place in the car park at Tesco supermarket in Lerwick on 22 December, when Ewan was one of two passengers in the back of a car.
Procurator fiscal Duncan Mackenzie said the driver was not happy with his passengers’ behaviour and asked them to get out, but carried on driving when they refused. At that point Ewan punched him repeatedly in the head.
Defence agent Tommy Allan said Ewan, who is going for a job interview at a local supermarket today (Thursday), had arguments with both his victims.
The first man had reported him to the police for a crime he had not committed, and the second man had started going out with his girlfriend, Mr Allan said.
He added that Ewan was “absolutely wasted” on alcohol while in the car, but had handed himself into the police voluntarily and pled guilty to both offences at the first opportunity.
Sheriff Graeme Napier fined Ewan £500 and ordered him to pay £300 in compensation, but then deferred sentence for two weeks for him to come up with “a sensible proposal” for paying the money.
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