Polish man racially abused and chased by baseball bat-wielding Inverness teenager
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A Polish man attending a charity event at an Inverness retail park was racially abused and pursued by a teenager wielding a baseball bat.
The incident happened on June 25, in Glendoe Terrace, when 18-year-old Joshua Reilly, of Assynt Road, Inverness approached the man.
Inverness Sheriff Court was told that Reilly swore at his victim and said he was "going to get a bat and put it through the windscreen of his vehicle," according to fiscal depute Adele Gray.
Reilly then went away and returned to the car park with a baseball bat "swinging it around and he said he would hit the man with it.
"The complainer ran away, pursued by Reilly," Ms Gray added.
Sentence had been previously deferred for a background report and his solicitor Willie Young told Sheriff Sara Matheson: "There are signs of maturity and him getting his life in order."
Reilly admitted possessing an offensive weapon, threatening behaviour and a breach of bail.
Sheriff Matheson ordered him to carry out 100 hours of unpaid work and placed him under social work supervision for the next 14 months.
