A chef who was banned from an Inverness store was jailed for three months yesterday after he admitted shouting and swearing at staff.
Michael MacBeath, 29, of 6 Balloan Road, Inverness, admitted behaving in an abusive and threatening manner at the Co-op store on Tomatin Road on April 22.
He also admitted previous convictions when he appeared before Sheriff Gordon Fleetwood after being remanded in custody at an earlier court.
Depute fiscal David Morton told Inverness Sheriff Court that MacBeath shouted and swore and gesticulated at staff after being told he was not welcome in the store.
Mr Morton added; “He then began ranting, raving, swearing and pointing towards them in a threatening manner. The incident was captured on CCTV.
“Staff pressed the panic button and at that point he left.”
Defence lawyer John MacColl told Sheriff Fleetwood that his client, when sober, was “a pleasant, hard working individual.”
He produced references from employers and added: “He’s not an alcoholic but reacts badly to alcohol. He is someone who could do without drinking.”
Sheriff Fleetwood backdated the sentence to April 25 when MacBeath was taken into custody.
Police had to be called out twice to a noisy house party in Dingwall but were met with a torrent of abuse, Inverness Sheriff Court heard yesterday.
Brothers Levi and Dylan Swanson, both of 12 Macdonald Road, Invergordon, and a 17 year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, began shouting and swearing at police officers when they attended at the address at 11 Tulloch Court on October 25 last year.
Depute fiscal David Morton told Sheriff Gordon Fleetwood there were around thirty people at the party when police attended the property for the second time after receiving a complaint about the noise.
Mr Morton said: “They stood out from the crowd and repeatedly shouted and swore.
“Then Dylan Swanson struggled with one of the officers.”
All three admitted behaving in a threatening and abusive manner and were fined £300 each.
