A teenager drunk on Buckfast wine racially abused a security guard at Eastgate Shopping Centre in Inverness the city sheriff court heard yesterday.
Ian Grant, 19, of 24 Firhill Alness, was given a community payback order after he pleaded guilty to making racially aggravated comments towards Jerzy Lawryoiwz on January 24 this year.
He also admitted shouting, swearing, threatening violence and making offensive gestures in a public place.
The court heard that Grant had been drinking with others in Falcon Square, close to the entrance of the shopping centre.
Security guards from the centre were sent to disperse the group, with all leaving apart from Grant.
Procurator fiscal Andrew Laing said that Grant started shouting at the guards, using “abusive sexual terms”.
Mr Laing added: “The abuse continued for some time and he threatened violence by telling the guards that he was skilled in martial arts.”
He then racially targeted Mr Lawryoiwz by referring to his Polish nationality in abusive terms, which Mr Laing said the guard found “particularly alarming”.
Sheriff Margaret Neilson sentenced Grant to 200 hours unpaid work, 18 months under supervision and an alcohol treatment order.