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Caravan park attacker kicked man’s head ‘like it was a rugby ball’ – then smiled as he left court with a fine

Mark Jamieson, 58, smiled as he left Elgin Sheriff Court with a fine. Image: DC Thomson
Mark Jamieson, 58, smiled as he left Elgin Sheriff Court with a fine. Image: DC Thomson

A caravan park attacker punched and kicked a man’s head “like it was a rugby ball” – then cracked a smile as he left court with a £245 fine.

Mark Jamieson brutally assaulted his victim in an unprovoked attack, hitting the man with 14 punches and a kick to the head, on May 9 last year.

The 58-year-old’s extreme violence was caught on camera outside his former home at the Old Mill Caravan Park in Brodie.

Jamieson’s victim, 46, told the Press and Journal that the “absolutely horrendous attack” involved his head being kicked “like it was a rugby ball”.

Elgin Sheriff Court heard the attacker’s defence solicitor explain that his client was defending an elderly man involved in an “altercation” with the victim before the drama.

But the victim told the P&J: “He painted himself out to be some sort of hero but that’s entirely not the case”.

Mark Jamieson leaving Elgin Sheriff Court. Image: DC Thomson

Fiscal depute Naomi Duffy-Welsh told the court that Jamieson came out of his caravan when he heard a heated exchange between the victim and another park resident.

She said there was a “melee” and that Jamieson then got involved.

“He approached the complainer and wrestled him to the floor by pulling him around the neck and launched a series of strikes to his head and face with his fists”, she said.

“The complainer was then pinned to the floor and assaulted by Jamieson, who repeatedly kicked him to the body and also to the head with his right foot, before walking away.”

She added that, although Jamieson’s victim managed to “pull himself to his feet” and leave the area, he suffered a bleeding nose and lip and cuts to his cheeks.

Police were called and Jamieson, whose actions had been recorded by a dash cam in his victim’s vehicle, was later charged.

The assault took place at The Old Mill Caravan Park in Brodie. Image: DC Thomson

At first, Jamieson denied the charge of assault to injury but then later changed his plea.

Jamieson’s defence agent Matthew O’Neill said his client had stepped in to help an 82-year-old man involved in an “altercation” with the victim.

But the solicitor admitted that Jamieson’s actions went “beyond the defence of another”.

He added: “He accepts that he takes the complainer down to the ground and if he had stopped at that, I don’t think there would have been any question that he was acting in defence of another.

“But his emotions were heightened and his actions go beyond the defence of another.”

‘Out of character behaviour’

Mr O’Neill also said it was “out of character behaviour” for his client who regularly “provides assistance to older people”.

After hearing the case against the accused, Sheriff Eric Brown ordered Jamieson, now of Gordonward Farm House, Pitgaveny, to pay a fine of £245.

But Jamieson’s victim described the punishment as “disappointing” and his attacker was photographed smiling as he left the court building.

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