A man who maliciously vandalised two Perth stores has been ordered to pay compensation as well as a fine.
Kyle Wilkie repeatedly hit windows and doors at Asda and Timpsons in the city’s Dunkeld Road in October last year.
Perth Sheriff Court heard the cost of the damage done to the two stores by Wilkie came to £1670 and £387 respectively.
Fiscal depute Stuart Hamilton said a member of staff at Asda first noticed the store’s front door had been damaged at around six o’clock in the morning.
He said it appeared someone had tried to push the door off its rails some time during the night.
Workers went on to discover several windows had also been cracked overnight and decided to review CCTV to see what had happened.
“The accused could be clearly seen throwing what appeared to be a bin at the windows repeatedly,” Mr Hamilton told the court.
Three months later Wilkie punched a woman after she challenged him about his behaviour on a bus.
Mr Hamilton said the Citylink employee asked Wilkie to get off the bus after he was reported for drinking from a can of beer.
He said Wilkie firstly demanded to know who had reported him then said he was going to stay on the bus.
“He was told police would be contacted. He said he didn’t care,” Mr Hamilton told the court.
He said Wilkie then punched the woman with a closed fist on her left breast at which point the employee called the police.
Wilkie (22), of Fairies Road, Perth, admitted repeatedly striking windows and a glass door with a refuse receptacle at Asda and Timpsons on Dunkeld Road on October 30 last year.
He further admitted assaulting a woman by punching her on the body at Broxden Park and Ride on January 25 this year.
Sheriff David Hall said of the Asda and Timpsons incident: “This was just mindless vandalism.
“The suggestion is you were wound up by others and had been drinking but that is no excuse. You caused a lot of damage.”
Turning to the assault sheriff Hall said Wilkie’s behaviour was “totally unacceptable”.
“Employees dealing with the public are entitled to protection from individuals like you,” he said.
Sheriff Hall fined Wilkie £300 and ordered him to pay compensation of £387 to Timpsons.
He also placed Wilkie under the supervision of social workers for a year and ordered him to carry out 120 hours of unpaid work in that time.
