A Prodigy fan dropped his trousers before attacking the band’s security escort during T in the Park, a court has heard.
Festival security supervisor Oleg Litvineko, 26, said he was spat on and racially abused after escorting the band onto the Radio One stage to perform their headline show.
He told Perth Sheriff Court that he felt Craig Smith, 24, was under the influence of something and was acting in a “psychotic” way as he subjected the security officer to a racist attack.
Mr Litvineko said security staff initially went to intervene when Smith was spotted risking his own safety by hanging on to the top of a 3m fence near the backstage area.
He told the court a female security officer arrived first to try and persuade Smith to climb back down – but he responded by “provocatively” dropping his trousers and boxer shorts.
“I had escorted the main act from the artist’s village to the Radio One stage,” he said. “I observed the accused on top of fencing. It was quite high.
“My first reaction was that he had put himself and the people behind him in danger. A female steward rushed over to tell him to get down.
“The accused dropped the lower part of his clothing. The way I saw it he was being very rude to the female steward. He was acting in a provocative manner.”
Mr Litvineko, from Latvia, said he lifted Smith down from the fence, but the accused became aggressive and started trying to resist being led away from the scene.
“He was behaving as if he was drunk. The way I saw it was like he was having a psychotic episode. He spat in my face repeatedly and tried to punch me a couple of times.”
Smith, Bellsburn Avenue, Linlithgow, denies assaulting Oleg Litvineko in a racially aggravated manner by spitting in his face at T in the Park at Strathallan Estate on July 12 this year.
He also denies causing fear or alarm by swearing and uttering racial remarks and denies behaving in a threatening or abusive manner and striking out with his arms and legs at security staff.
The trial continues next month.