A MAN from Glasgow who launched an unprovoked attack on a fellow pub-goer in Brae has fined and ordered to pay compensation to the victim. Harry Rennie, of Ballantay Road, appeared at Lerwick Sheriff Court on Wednesday to admit carrying out the assault at the Mid Brae Inn on 1.
Heap also admitted the assault on Mr Ezi which was racially aggravated. Heap was ordered to serve 470 days of an earlier sentence before beginning his latest jail term and disqualified from driving for 47 months. The court heard Heap was told by Mr Ezi that he wasn’t allowed to enter the taxi with the bottle of alcohol he was carrying. Heap stated he wanted Mr Ezi to take him to Pollok before calling him a “black monkey.” Heap pulled out a long-serrated knife while sitting in the back of the taxi and lunged at Mr Ezi making stabbing motions. Prosecutor John Bedford said: “Heap was observed climbing from the rear seat and entering the driver s seat.