Ex-sheriff, 91, says he loves “a bit of fisticuffs” after attack

By Michael MacLeod

A RETIRED sheriff was taken prisoner in his own home while he was robbed of his precious wartime medals.

Thug Michael MacKinnon burst into 91 year-old William Hook’s Edinburgh townhouse and covered the ex-sheriff’s head with a cloth.

But Hook fought back and gave the intruder a black eye, forcing him out his back door where he got stuck in a river and arrested by police.

Speaking of his ordeal sheriff Hook said: “The chap didn’t scare me in the slightest – in fact I like a bit of fisticuffs.”

MacKinnon, 26, came face to face with a different sheriff in court yesterday and pled guilty to assault and robbery charges.

Alarm fitter escapes jail sentence

By Paul Thornton

AN ALARM engineer who smashed a glass into his sister’s ex-boyfriend’s face has escaped a jail sentence.

Iain Hay, 24, shattered a pint tumbler into Kevin Walker’s face while Mr Walker was on a night out with his new girlfriend following a split with Hay’s sister.

Mr Walker’s eyeball was left in tatters by the assault and needed surgery to repair the damage, with medics saying it is likely he will never recover.

His face will also be scarred for life following the unprovoked attack last July.

But at Edinburgh Sheriff Court Hay was given a two year probation order after a string of glowing character references were submitted to the court.

Hay will also have to pay Mr Walker £5,000 in compensation, carry out 200 hours of unpaid work and will be tagged overnight for six months.