News / Butcher admits assaults
A SHETLAND butcher who assaulted two men in his shop on a number of occasions was fined £400 at Lerwick Sheriff Court on Friday.
Neil Watt, of 4 Upper Baila, Lerwick, admitted two charges of repeatedly assaulting two men by grabbing their private parts through their clothing at Scalloway Meat Company, on Scalloway’s Main Road.
One victim was assaulted several times between March 2014 and January last year.
The assaults on the other victim dated back to April 2007.
The 57 year old denied a third charge, which was accepted by the court.
Watt was fined £200 for each of the two attacks.
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