A pensioner claiming to have no memory of causing a commotion in a Perth hospital car park, including grabbing hold of a man, has received a fine for his behaviour.
A solicitor acting for David McBrain Livingston (73) told Perth Sheriff Court last week he believes he may have gone to Perth Royal Infirmary last year after being hit by a car but apart from that, he cannot tell what caused him to lash out at strangers that day.
Fiscal depute Elizabeth Hodgson told the court one complainer had been sitting in their car waiting for a relative to come out of the hospital when Livingston approached the vehicle out of the blue and began beating his fists on the window.
“The accused began to punch the window of the complainer’s car,” she said.
Ms Hodgson went on to say Livingston then pulled the car door open and grabbed the complainer.
She said a member of staff saw this happening and challenged Livingston but he then tried to grab hold of them too.
“The accused was asked to calm down,” Ms Hodgson continued. “He obliged and walked out of the car park.”
She added both complainers were left “distressed” by Livingston’s behaviour but were uninjured .
Livingston, of Needless Road, Perth, admitted approaching the first complainer while they were sitting in their car, opening the door, shouting and behaving in an aggressive manner and seizing him on May 17 last year.
He further admitted attempting to seize the second complainer as part of a single charge of behaving in a threatening or abusive manner likely to cause a reasonable person to suffer fear or alarm.
Defence solicitor David Holmes said in mitigation Livingston, a former member of the armed forces, had worked all his days and had no previous convictions.
He said Livingston had no idea what might have caused his behaviour on the day in question other than he thinks he attended the hospital’s accident and emergency department after sustaining an injury to his hip in a road traffic accident.
Mr Holmes added Livingston had had a drink of alcohol on the day and this may have contributed to his memory loss.
Sheriff Gillian Wade fined him £600 to be paid in instalments of £50 a month.
She told him: “This is a serious offence and you don’t seem to have any explanation.”
