A person has been jailed after repeatedly punching the face of a stranger who was trying to promote an iPhone to his good friend.
Ian Donnelly’s good friend Daniella Hunter had organized to fulfill Alan Powell at Paisley Gilmour Road on February 23 to purchase an iPhone.
Nonetheless, Donnelly, 25, claimed he was “involved” concerning the nature of the dialog between Daniella and Powell and so when he met him on the street, he punched him to the bottom.
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Prosecutor fiscal depute Dana Barclay instructed Paisley Sheriff Court docket: Alan Powell created a Fb submit trying to promote an iPhone.
Ms Barclay defined: “A Fb person, Daniella Hunter despatched a message to Powell asking if the cellphone was nonetheless on the market.
“Powell requested Hunter to attend his residence to gather the cellphone, however she refused and organized to fulfill him at Paisley Gilmour Road.
“Powell believed he was assembly Ms Hunter.
“Powell was approached by the accused and one other male and the accused requested, ‘Are you Alan?’
“Powell denied he was as at that time he was not anticipating to fulfill two males and he tried to go away.
“Donnelly requested if he was there to fulfill somebody handy over a cellphone and Powell denied this once more.
“The accused then states, ‘I’m going to stab you.’
“He then pushed him to the chest earlier than punching him 3 times on the face inflicting his glasses to fall off and him to fall to the bottom.
“Powell suffered a 1cm lower to his decrease lip that required two stitches.”
Court docket heard that cops carried out a overview of Daniella Hunter’s Fb web page that confirmed she had posted about how Powell was attempting to “lure her in” and that she was warning others that he was “harmful.”
Defence agent Mr Sievewright instructed the courtroom Donnelly is “anticipating a custodial sentence.”
He defined that Daniella Hunter is a younger, feminine good friend of Donnelly’s and she or he had requested him to fulfill Alan Powell to select up and pay for the iPhone on her behalf.
Mr Sievewright mentioned: “Powell dropped the worth of the iPhone from £150 to £120 with out Ms Hunter, who lives in Edinburgh, asking.
“She had requested my consumer to gather the cellphone for her.
“Powell then went on to say he didn’t need any cash for the cellphone and she or he was to go to his home to gather it.
“Ms Hunter was telling Donnelly this and this raised some considerations.
“When he noticed Powell on the prepare station matching the outline he had given Hunter which she handed on to him, and in addition having a canine with him, he claims Powell squared as much as him, and that’s when he pushes him and absolutely accepts punching him inflicting him to fall to the bottom.”
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Sentencing, Sheriff Bruce Erroch QC mentioned: “You could have plead responsible to a cost which is an assault on a stranger in a public place the place an damage was sustained.”
Sheriff Erroch QC jailed Donnelly for eight months backdating this to March 7 – Donnelly’s date of remand.
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