Man jailed for assault on teenager

A Wick man who assaulted a teenager was jailed for three months at the town’s sheriff court yesterday.

John Begg, 24, admitted the assault and a further charge of threatening or abusive behaviour.

The court was told that the offences occurred after a 15-year-old friend visited Begg at his then home in Argyle Square, Wick, on October 18.

They went outside to discuss something and it escalated into a disagreement, during which he struck her on her head.

He was still in an aggravated state when he kicked a shop door later.

Solicitor Neil Wilson described it as “a drunken argument” between two people who otherwise were friends.

Begg was said to have since moved to 16 Wellington Avenue, Wick.