Man (34) jailed for assault near city take-away

Just weeks after being spared a jail sentence on an assault charge, a Perth man caused uproar outside a woman’s house in Craigie.

And three days later, 34-yearold Kenneth Chalk, of Ethel Moorhead Place, Scoonieburn, took part in a racially-aggravated attack on a Turkish man outside a city centre carry-out.

The incidents led to him being jailed for nine months when he appeared for sentence at Perth Sheriff Court.

He admitted shouting and swearing, striking windows and a door and then throwing a brick through a window at a property in the city’s Needless Road on October 12.

He then struggled with Hakan Ozdamar in County Place, punched him on the head and body and kicked him on the body, to his injury, on October 15.

The court was told that Chalk had been ordered to carry out 250 hours of unpaid work on September 13 on an assault charge.

He was also supervised for 18 months as part of a Community Payback Order, imposed as an alternative to jail.

On October 15, shortly before 5.30pm, Chalk was seen walking towards the County Place premises.

“He was unsteady on his feet and was either under the influence of alcohol or drugs,”explained the fiscal.

He entered the premises but then“took exception”to being ushered out and told to leave by Mr Ozdamar.

When outside, the accused took a hold of the other man and punched him on the head and body.

He then told him to“go back to his own country.”

The accused made off but was later identified from CCTV footage.

The assault victim was checked over by a paramedic after complaining of a pain in his right shoulder and left leg.

He also had bruising to his left temple and had a bloodshot eye.

Solicitor Paul Ralph said he hoped the incidents would be“a wake-up call”for the accused.

He was at a“low point”in his life at that stage but since his detox he had been able to reflect on his behaviour.

Passing sentence, Sheriff Gillian Wade told Chalk:“You were already given the opportunity to turn matters around by the imposition of a high end Community Payback Order.

“You didn’t take advantage of that and I consider I don’t have any alternative but to impose a custodial sentence.”

There was still some “considerable time”to run on the order and she hoped he would benefit from social work input following his release.