Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

Mintlaw man who punched train conductor jailed

Steven Cordiner, leaving Elgin Sheriff Court
Steven Cordiner, leaving Elgin Sheriff Court

A man was yesterday jailed for assaulting a conductor on a train and two police officers who came to arrest him.

Steven Cordiner, of Mintlaw, was travelling to Aberdeen to pick up his dog from someone’s house when he got into an argument as the train stopped off in Elgin.

The confrontation between 27-year-old Cordiner and other passengers turned violent when the train conductor stepped in to calm it down and was punched in the neck.

Depute Fiscal Rowena Carlton told Elgin Sheriff Court how Cordiner became agitated and the police were called to attend the incident.

She said: “As the police officers attempted to get the accused off the train he became violent and punched one constable in her right shoulder. Further constables attended, he punched one in his left cheek and right of his mouth.”


>> Keep up to date with the latest news with The P&J newsletter


Defence solicitor Matthew O’Neill explained that his client’s mental health problems had been a pivotal factor in this incident occurring.

He said: “Cordiner’s mental health has not been good for some time and he had shown a number of symptoms including anxiety, depression, panic attacks and agoraphobia.

“He struggled to deal with being out and about and was travelling to Aberdeen to pick up his dog who he had heard was not being treated well.

“He admits he consumed too much alcohol and has no recollection of what happened and he could only recall waking up in a police station and discovering he had sustained a fracture in his arm.”

Mr O’Neill suggested two options to deal with Cordiner, a custodial sentence or a restriction of liberty order stating that he would stay with his family in Peterhead.

But Sheriff Olga Pasportnikov said there was no alternative to imprisonment.

She said: “People should be able to head to work and be safe there.”

Cordiner was sentenced to 145 days in jail which were backdated to September 3 after he plead guilty to three counts of assault.