A drunken teen marched into a stranger’s Aberdeen home, ordered a father and son to “get out” and then rained punches down on the terrified pair.
Ryan Fraser brazenly strolled into the flat in Stoneyton Terrace uninvited and shouted to the residents: “What are you doing in my flat?”
The father and son occupants of the property tried to calm the 19-year-old down and explain to him that he was in the wrong flat, but he would not listen.
And when they tried to remove him from their home he became violent, punching both men before finally running off.
Fiscal depute Georgia Laird told Aberdeen Sheriff Court the incident happened around 9pm on September 25 last year.
‘It’s clear alcohol was a factor’
She said a witness, the father, “became aware of the accused walking into the living room”.
Fraser was then heard to shout “what are you doing in my flat?” and “get out”.
The father began “advising him that he was in the wrong flat and requesting he calm down”.
However, Fraser “refused to listen and became more aggressive”.
Ms Laird said: “The accused then attacked the witness, punching him repeatedly with a closed fist to the face and body.
“The other witness attempted to assist his father in removing the accused from the flat, however, the accused put him in a headlock and punched him to the face.”
Fraser then ran out of the property.
The father and son were left with minor injuries.
‘Bright future ahead of him if he refrains from further offending’
When police attended, officers found Fraser in an “intoxicated state”.
Fraser, of Scylla Drive, Aberdeen, pled guilty to behaving in a threatening or abusive manner and two charges of assault to injury.
Defence agent Debbie Ginniver said her background reports prepared on her client were “very positive” and that she did not “seek to rehearse the details” of it.
She said: “It’s clear alcohol was a factor in both this and his previous conviction.
“He’s taken positive steps to ensure this behaviour won’t be repeated.”
Ms Ginniver said Fraser now abstained from drinking alcohol and had given up his part-time job in a bar.
She added: “It’s clear Mr Fraser has a bright future ahead of him if he refrains from further offending.”
Sheriff Kirsty Hood KC ordered Fraser to complete 60 hours of unpaid work.
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