Police recovered a piece of a man’s nose from his garden after being called to deal with a disturbance involving two men.
Inverness Sheriff Court heard that 20-year-old Thomas Stewart, of Longman Caravan Site, Inverness fought with Buckie man Colin Reid at his property in Milton Drive, Buckie on September 1, 2023 and bit part of his nose off during the struggle.
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Stewart appeared before Sheriff Sara Matheson represented by Inverness solicitor David Patterson and admitted assault to severe injury and permanent disfigurement. He had sentence deferred for a background report until February 18.
The court was told that police officers were sent to the property following an anonymous tip-off that Mr Reid had a significant injury.
Fiscal depute Emily Hood said that Mr Reid initially wouldn’t say what had happened to him but he was taken to hospital where he alleged a dog had bitten him.
However the prosecutor said he later admitted that he had been assaulted by Stewart.
Stewart later told police that Reid was on top of him during the struggle where he said he had got “a doing”.
He added: “I did what I had to do to get him off me.”
Ms Hood said that Mr Reid had to undergo plastic surgery to repair the damage.