Kirkwall man admits Tankerness Lane assault

A 20-year-old Kirkwall man has pleaded guilty to an assault in Kirkwall at the weekend.

Appearing at Kirkwall Sheriff Court, from custody, on Monday afternoon, Gareth Lee Brown, of Glaitness Park, admitted punching a man on the head and body, and kicking him on the head to his injury, at Tankerness Lane, Kirkwall, in the early hours of March 4.

Honorary sheriff Bob Sclater deferred sentence for the preparation of reports and Brown was ordained to appear in court on March 28.