Violent drinker

A ROAD worker from Inverness who turned violent after being turfed out of a Lerwick bar has been fined and ordered to do unpaid work.

At Lerwick Sheriff Court on Wednesday, 21 year old Graeme Fox, of 20 Caulfield Place, admitted a string of offences in Lerwick town centre on 23 July.

Procurator fiscal Duncan Mackenzie said Fox went awry after he was escorted out of the Thule Bar by staff and a customer.

He punched the staff member on the head before heading back in to punch another man repeatedly on the head and body and knock a glass out of his hand.

After being successfully ejected, he kicked a nearby car leaving two dents in it, before crossing the road, headbutting a parked van and challenging anyone in the vicinity to fight after taking off his T shirt.

A passer by managed to calm him down after which he went home in a taxi.

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Defence agent Tommy Allan said his client was working in Shetland at the time and could not re-member the incident, which was so out of character he thought his drink may have been spiked.

However Sheriff Philip Mann was not persuaded, fining Fox £400 and ordering him to work unpaid for 140 hours.