A drunk Scots teen knocked a person unconscious with a single punch exterior a nightclub after the sufferer’s head slammed onto the pavement.
Evan Miller landed the blow on Hayes Ward after the pair argued exterior the Le Monde venue in Edinburgh’ s George Avenue.
The 19-year-old fled cops following the assault, injuring a policewoman after catching her within the face with a “flailing” arm.
Officers in pursuit by the capital’s New City lastly managed to seize the apprentice electrician.
Miller appeared on the metropolis’s sheriff courtroom on Monday and pled responsible to assaulting Hayes to his damage and culpably and recklessly hitting Laptop Lauren Watt.
Sheriff Kenneth Campbell KC instructed Miller that he and the sufferer had been “each fortunate” as such instances “can have horrendous penalties”.
Fiscal depute Matthew Miller mentioned the incident befell at round 3.15am on February 13 after Miller and Hayes had a “verbal trade”.
The prosecutor mentioned: “Mr Miller has punched Mr Ward to the face. Because of this, Mr Ward has fallen to the bottom and hit the again of his head off the pavement.
“Mr Ward misplaced consciousness for a matter of moments.”
The courtroom heard the assault sparked a “furore” and members of the general public who sought out close by police.
Mr Miller mentioned officers pursued the accused up the road and his arm related with Laptop Lauren Watt’s face as she caught him, leaving her with a swollen lip.
He mentioned the Crown accepted this was a “flailing arm because the accused turned somewhat than malicious”.
The prosecutor mentioned Miller “made good his escape” and ran out in entrance of visitors to evade cops.
Different officers traced Miller at round 3.33am and he was taken to St Leonards police station.
Defence agent Andrew Houston mentioned the Crown accepted his consumer “didn't purposefully strike out on the officer”.
Mr Houston mentioned Miller had been consuming with friends and ended up “extra intoxicated than was fascinating or wise”.
The solicitor mentioned Miller had been “involved about (the sufferer’s) behaviour in the direction of his mates” and “obtained his retaliation in first” by touchdown a “single blow”.
Mr Houston mentioned the conviction might “scupper” Miller’s job utility to work at an influence plant in England resulting from authorities vetting checks.
He mentioned Miller’s behaviour was an “aberration” and his conviction can be an “albatross” for him for a few years.
Sheriff Campbell fined Miller, of the town’s Corstorphine space, £495.