A north-east man has been jailed after refusing to pay a fine or do community service.
Bronius Berenis, 32, will now spend the next three months in prison, despite being offered the chance to avoid a custodial sentence for two assaults.
They happened on July 24 early this year when Lithuanian Berenis tried to punch a man in Peterhead’s Queen Street.
He was quickly arrested but later spat blood at police sergeant Colin Reid who was attempting to lock him in a cell at Fraserburgh Police Station.
In sentencing Berenis, who lives on Peterhead’s School Road
Sheriff Andrew Miller told Berenis, of School Road, Peterhead: “You were convicted after trial of these two charges.
“I note your convictions include a conviction for public disorder for which you were sentenced to five months imprisonment.
“In relation to this case the three options realistically available are financial penalty, which you are unwilling to pay.
“The second is a community payback order which required you to do unpaid work which you have refused to co-operate with and so that leaves a period of imprisonment.”
As he was led out of the dock in handcuffs, Berenis thanked Sheriff Miller.
Berenis’s agent, solicitor Leonard Burkinshaw, said: “He’s come to the conclusion of his time in this country. His time here has not been successful and when he is released he has decided to return to Lithuania to make a fresh start.”
Berenis spent five months in prison last year after admitting smashing his way into a north-east house and threatening a 70-year-old woman who was babysitting her grandchildren.
The brave pensioner foiled the intruder and Berenis was detained by police officers at the scene.