Buckie street fight sees two Glasgow men sentenced at Inverness Sheriff Court

Two Glasgow men who got involved in a street fight in Buckie have been sentenced.

Kieran MacPherson and Jonathon Hunter admitted two charges of threatening behaviour during the fracas outside The Pub in The Square on December 8 last year.

MacPherson also pleaded guilty to assault.

Sheriff Gary Aitken was told that 23-year-old Hunter had a previous history with a man who was in the pub and they went outside.

Fiscal depute Emily Hood said that when Hunter was pushed in the chest he started fighting.

Inverness Sheriff Court heard that 27-year-old MacPherson then picked up a pool cue and also went outside.

It was taken from him but he banged on the pub’s windows and shouted at other customers: "Come on, you ******."

A fight began and MacPherson struck a second man who fell to the ground.

The self-employed roofer, who has two previous assault convictions, then punched him three times and kicked him in the head.

MacPherson’s defence lawyer Stephen Carty said: "For a significant period of time he has had a problem with alcohol and drugs, and on this occasions both had been taken.

"It was an explosive mixture but he has not consumed drugs or alcohol for a few months now."

Robert Cruickshank, Hunter’s defence lawyer, said: "His memory is a little inconclusive due to the passage of time and the consumption of alcohol. But he told a social worker that if he was in a similar situation in the future, he would walk away."

Sheriff Eilidh Macdonald told MacPherson he needed to "grow up some more".

She added: "This was an extremely violent incident."

The sheriff ordered MacPherson, of Friarscourt Avenue, Glasgow, to carry out 270 hours of unpaid work for the community and placed him under the supervision of social workers for the next three years.

Hunter, of Tambowie Street, Glasgow, was placed under a year's supervision and was told to carry out 150 hours of unpaid work.

Sheriff Macdonald added: "You are still a young man and you have the chance to move away from this kind of behaviour."