An offshore worker from Ellon who punched a colleague to the ground in the centre of Lerwick after a drunken misunderstanding has been fined £1,500.
David Dalziel, of Teal Street, admitted assaulting the man at The Esplanade on April 6 last year when he appeared in court.
The 37-year-old punched his victim on the head, knocking him to the ground and leaving him unconscious.
Procurator fiscal Duncan Mackenzie said Dalziel was out with his colleague and the man’s partner before they left a pub.
The victim and the woman walked in front of Dalziel, who mistook a “wholly innocent gesture” made by the man to his partner as something more sinister. He then got involved and carried out the assault.
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