Jail for reveller who struck victim with bottle at Ross-shire party
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A Ross-shire party turned violent when an Inverness man was asked to leave having turned up drunk.
Words were exchanged between Ryan Simpson of Mackay Road and his victim Cameron Macfadyen in a house in Bellfield, Alness on February 10 this year.
Then 24-year-old Simpson hit Mr Macfadyen with the bottle he was drinking from.
Inverness Sheriff Court was told by fiscal depute Allison Young that the casualty was taken to hospital but only suffered a swollen eye, rather than anything more serious.
Simpson appeared via video link before Sheriff Gordon Fleetwood and admitted assault to injury.
Defence solicitor Graham Mann said: "He was invited to the party up to the point he was no longer welcome as he had been drinking beforehand. It was an impulsive reaction to something relatively minor and didn't develop into anything more serious.
"While he has been on remand, he has sought help for his drinking and mental health problems."
Simpson, who also admitted previous convictions, was jailed for a year, backdated to February 11 when he was remanded.
