A 20-year-old Dundee man who left another male lying unconscious in a fast food restaurant after stamping on his head has been sentenced to 16 months’ detention.
Daniel Green grabbed Connor McIntosh from behind and threw him to the ground in McDonald’s in Reform Street, before stamping on his head and walking off.
Green was traced 20 minutes after the attack in a nearby pub openly talking about the incident.
Depute fiscal Trina Sinclair previously told Dundee Sheriff Court that Mr McIntosh was in McDonald’s talking to a group of girls when the unprovoked attack happened.
Ms Sinclair said: “The accused entered and grabbed the complainer from behind and pulled him to the ground. He stamped once on his head before stepping over him and walking out.”
Paramedics arrived shortly after and attempted to treat Mr McIntosh, who was unconscious, before rushing him to hospital.
Police traced the accused at 12.40am at the Arctic Bar, where he was openly speaking about the incident.
The fiscal continued: “A witness saw him looking distressed, shaking and sweating. She asked if he was OK and he said he had been in a bit of bother with a girl and he had kicked a guy in the head and run off.
“He said he was worried he had caused real damage to the boy and that he was not normally like this.”
Solicitor Kevin Hampton, defending, said: “Having seen the CCTV, it is more fleeting than a fully-fledged stamp. Luckily there is no serious injury but that is down to luck more than judgment.
“He would be a vulnerable man in a custodial atmosphere. He is not a street-wise man and I would ask for a community-based disposal.
“This would be an unusual step not to send him to custody, but merits it.”
Green, of William Barclay Square, admitted assaulting Connor McIntosh by seizing him by the body, throwing him to the floor and stamping on his head on February 23.
Sheriff Elizabeth Munro told him: “This is not an unusual case. I see day in and day out young men carrying out acts of violence and I see no alternative to a custodial sentence.
“I am very sorry for your family but my priority has to be the public interest.”