Invergordon assault and threats man (22) changes pleas during three-day trial
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A jury trial involving an Easter Ross man ended abruptly when the 22-year-old accused changed his plea yesterday and admitted four of the eight charges he was facing.
Connon Scobbie, from Invergordon but described as an Inverness prisoner, had denied a total of eight charges at Inverness Sheriff Court.
However on the third day of his trial, his lawyer, Graham Mann, told Sheriff David Sutherland that a plea had been agreed with prosecutor Robert Weir.
Scobbie admitted threatening behaviour towards David and Claire Magee of Novar Road, Invergordon between April 11 this year and April 29.
He also pleaded guilty to assaulting and severely injuring Wladyslaw Lachmanski on Castle Road, Invergordon on June 14, 2019 after rendering him unconscious with a punch which caused him to fall to the ground.
The final two charges involved threatening behaviour and making derogatory remarks to his ex-partner, whom he also assaulted by seizing her by the body, striking her on the head and shaking her.
Sentence was deferred until January 3 for a background report and Scobbie was again remanded in custody.
Not guilty pleas to drug dealing, theft by housebreaking and a further two assaults were accepted by Mr Weir.
