Soldier assaults three door stewards in Inverness
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A Fort George-based soldier on a night out in Inverness with friends assaulted three door stewards after the group had been asked to leave a city centre bar.
Inverness Sheriff Court was told that 20-year-old Joel Cooney, from Dumfries, was in Revolution, in Church Street, in the early hours of July 2 last year.
Fiscal depute David Morton said: "One of the door stewards indicated that he and a friend would be required to leave because they were being difficult with other customers.
"He took exception to being put out, pushed one steward on the body and when two others came to assist, matters deteriorated and he punched them all on the head."
Mr Morton said the injuries sustained were bruising and a burst nose.
Defence solicitor advocate Neil Wilson told Sheriff Sara Matheson: "He had too much to drink and overreacted. He should have gone quietly."
Cooney was fined £840.
