Volunteer Rooms
A young man has been ordered to pay compensation for injuring a 16-year-old girl after he punched her on the head in an Irvine community hall.
James Smith, 20, admitted assaulting the young lady during an event in Irvine’s Volunteer Rooms on February 5 this year - understood to be the Kilmaurs Young Farmers Club ‘Neds and Nerds Dance'.
He also admitted resisting arrest and struggling violently with officers – with not guilty pleas to two other charges accepted by prosecutors.
Smith, of Roebank Road, Beith, was fined £400 and ordered to pay £300 compensation to the victim when he appeared in Kilmarnock Sheriff Court on Thursday, May 12.
Police Scotland can be contacted on 101 – in an emergency always dial 999.
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules here