Nairn man gets community service sentence at Inverness Sheriff Court for holiday park disorder

Inverness Sheriff Court has heard how a man struggled with customers and security staff and threw furniture around a bar at Lochloy Holiday Park in Nairn.

Thirty-one-year-old Darren Wildgoose of Riverside Court, Nairn also admitted damaging a door in the holiday park's reception area and assaulting a police officer by striking him repeatedly on the body with his head.

He was ordered to carry out 160 hours of unpaid work.

Sentence had been deferred for background reports after Wildgoose previously admitted committing the offences on June 8 last year.

Depute fiscal Anna Chisholm told the court that it was at about at 11.30pm when security staff witnessed Wildgoose "mouthing off" at a group of females and they intervened.

Wildgoose pushed a woman and was shouting. He then threatened a security guard, saying he would "rip his arms off".

"He picked up chairs and threw one of them which hit a guard," the fiscal said.

"He was escorted from the premises via a fire door. He was observed to force open the main reception door, which was locked, causing damage to the door and alarm system."

When police arrived Ms Chisholm said Wildgoose was initially unconscious on the floor but became hostile when he came round.

"He appeared heavily intoxicated and unable to accept the advice of police and continued to be verbally abusive," she said.

The fiscal said he head-butted an officer on the chest.

Solicitor Marc Dickson said Wildgoose's parents had a caravan on the site and he had spent many holidays there over the years and now lived nearby.

He had absolutely no recollection at all of events that night he added.

Sheriff Chris Dickson told Wildgoose his behaviour was appalling.

He said he should look at paying for the damage he caused to the property, or the owners of the holiday park could raise a civil action against him.