A Scots thug brandished a taser after being recruited to participate in a “mysterious” assault on a chef by a gang of males.
Frazer Scott leapt from a automotive together with two others to focus on sufferer Ross Duncan in an Edinburgh road.
The 35-year-old wielded a taser - which was the scale of a cell phone - after being recruited to participate within the confrontation by a pal.
The metropolis’s sheriff courtroom heard Scott didn’t know the rationale behind the dispute involving Ross and one other man.
Sheriff Donald Corke stated the incident was “pretty mysterious”.
Scott appeared on the courtroom on Friday and pled responsible to, whereas performing with others, assaulting Ross and brandishing a taser in direction of him.
Fiscal depute Anna Chisholm stated the incident befell at round 10.30am within the metropolis’s Muirhouse space.
Ms Chisholm stated Ross was close to the restaurant the place he labored when a gray automotive appeared and three males emerged onto Muirhouse Gardens.
The courtroom heard Scott, who got here from the rear passenger seat, was in possession of a taser which the sufferer described as “just like a cellphone”.
Ms Chisholm stated Ross solely realised it was a taser due to the “digital noise” it emitted.
She added: “That merchandise was brandished briefly in direction of (Ross) in the middle of the incident.
“The three males made their approach again to the car.”
The prosecutor stated Scott was later recognized by cops from CCTV footage taken on October 7 final 12 months.
Defence agent Matthew Nicholson stated the automotive’s driver was recognized to Scott who advised him he was in dispute with Ross.
Mr Nicholson stated his unemployed shopper was given the taser and was “unaware” of what the row was over.
Sheriff Corke sentenced Scott, of the town’s Leith space, to 100 hours of unpaid work.