A publish workplace supervisor has been ordered to pay £2,000 compensation to a buyer he left with a collapsed lung and damaged ribs.
Nahman Naheem left Andrew McNaughton with extreme accidents after punching him greater than a dozen occasions in a row over a damaged store door.
Naheem, 33, adopted his sufferer out of the store earlier than pinning him to the bottom in the course of the street and raining punches on his physique.
However he dodged a jail sentence after being positioned underneath supervision for 12 months and ordered to hold out 300 hours unpaid work locally.
Perth Sheriff Courtroom was advised that Mr McNaughton, 46, struggled to breathe as Naheem sat on him on the street and punched him a number of occasions.
Naheem was nonetheless punching his sufferer when an off-duty police officer drove previous and pulled up exterior Information Plus in Auchterarder Excessive Road.
The shopkeeper, from Bearsden, admitted performing underneath provocation when he attacked and severely injured Mr McNaughton on 21 June 2020.
Fiscal depute Marie Lyons advised the court docket: "There was a current historical past of animosity relating to a damaged glass door and the cost for it.
"The complainer had attended about this and acted in a confrontational method. He was barred from the store, however nonetheless stored attending.
"The principle door had been damaged by him slamming it. The accused requested him to pay. Mr McNaughton entered wth his hood up and was confrontational.
"The argument grew to become heated they usually ended up exterior. Additional phrases have been exchanged. Mr McNaughton gestured in direction of the accused.
"He proceeded to stroll away, earlier than turning spherical and throwing a punch at Mr Naheem. The accused's colleague grabbed Mr McNaughton they usually grew to become embroiled in a wrestle.
"The accused punched Mr McNaughton on the physique. As he continued punching him, the complainer fell onto the street. The accused sat on him and continued to punch his aspect and ribs.
"An off-duty police officer arrived. The accused was waving his arms to flag him down. Mr McNaughton said he was struggling to breathe."
She advised the court docket the sufferer sustained a punctured lung, inflicting gasoline to flee into his chest cavity, and in addition suffered various fractured ribs.
A lawyer for Naheem advised the court docket that his shopper ran the store and publish workplace along with his brother and father and had hassle beforehand from the complainer.
He mentioned Mr McNaughton had entered the store within the days earlier than the incident and requested Naheem's father: "The place's the tall one? I'll get him."
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