Knife pulled during brawl at Inverness bus station
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A late night brawl resulted in a man pulling out a knife and swiping at his opponent.
But it ended bizarrely when the pair shook hands and left the scene.
The three men in total involved in the incident had sentence previously deferred for a background report and returned to Inverness Sheriff Court to learn their fate this week.
Joshua Burns (19) admitted illegal possession of a knife while Mateusz Dymarksi (21) pleaded guilty to a similar charge and one of threatening behaviour.
Jordan Cumming (20) admitted threatening or abusive behaviour.
Burns, of Holm Avenue, Inverness, was ordered to carry out 120 hours of unpaid work.
Although Sheriff Robert Frazer said Cumming, of Aitken Street, Glasgow, was the "instigator" of the incident, he was sentenced to 100 hours.
Dymarski was placed under two years of social work supervision, instructed to perform 200 hours of unpaid work and had his liberty restricted between the hours of 10pm and 6am for four months.
Sheriff Frazer told Burns and Dymarski: "It has to be made very clear that it is unacceptable for a young person to go out with a knife, albeit you never used it."
He told Dymarski specifically: "Your record is limited but you produced a very large and alarming knife. It is extremely fortunate that no-one was injured."
The court was told the knife involved had a 20cm blade.
Inverness Sheriff Court had watched CCTV footage of the incident which started about 11.30pm on June 9 last year in Farraline Park when Cumming picked up a waste bin and threw it in the direction of Dymarski.
There was a struggle with former Inverness man Cumming, during which punches and kicks were delivered before they walked away towards Rose Street.
The fight resumed and both men were pushing and shoving before Dymarksi pulled out the weapon from his waistband and brandished it, swinging it towards Cumming but not making contact before it dropped to the ground.
They could then be seen walking away with Dymarski's friend, Burns, towards Rose Street.
Fiscal depute Susan Love told Sheriff Frazer: "The knife was dropped and Burns picked it up and threw it away. The fight continued but then ended with the two shaking hands and walking away.
"Police were alerted by the camera operator and attended to arrest them all shortly afterwards. When Burns was searched he had a knife in his possession, but it was not the one he picked up."
