Offender injures brother as broken glass flies in Bo'ness hotel incident

By Court Reporter
Published 19th May 2023, 14:12 BST
Updated 19th May 2023, 14:14 BST
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An offender’s reckless behaviour resulted in his own brother being severely injured by shards of broken glass during an angry bust up in a Bo’ness hotel.

Nathan Piercy, 31, appeared at Falkirk Sheriff Court last Thursday having pleaded guilty to culpable and reckless behaviour – causing pieces of glass to strike his bother to his severe injury – at the Richmond Park Hotel, Linlithgow Road, Bo’ness, on July 27, 2021.

It was stated the brothers had a falling out during the night which then “turned nasty”.

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Lynn Swan, defence solicitor, said Piercy “accepts he overstepped the mark” with his behaviour on the night.

The incident happened at the Richmond Park Hotel in Bo'nessThe incident happened at the Richmond Park Hotel in Bo'ness
The incident happened at the Richmond Park Hotel in Bo'ness

Sheriff Simon Collins noted Piercy, 6 Merth Avenue, Carlisle, had a robbery conviction back in 2011 and placed him on a supervised community payback order for 18 months. He also ordered him to pay his brother £400 compensation at £50 per month.

Sheriff Collins said: “You didn’t go out that evening with the intention of harming your brother but you did.”