Jail for attack on homeless man

The father of a tragic tot shaken to death by another man was yesterday jailed after he admitted chasing a homeless man before a friend robbed him.

Kevin Flood – whose daughter Hayley Davidson was killed by her mother’s new partner Gordon McKay in Fife in 2016 – was given a nine-month sentence at Dundee Sheriff Court after he admitted a charge of breach of the peace over an incident in Dundee’s Soapwork Lane on June 21.

Flood, a prisoner at HMP Perth, who was only released from a jail sentence for housebreaking weeks before the incident, chased Kevin Docherty as he walked towards his grandmother’s house.

His co-accused, Scott Flynn, also a prisoner at HMP Perth, then tripped up Mr Docherty and knocked him to the ground, punching and kicking him before stealing £105 in cash and the victim’s mobile phone.

Depute fiscal Eilidh Robertson told the court Flood later said the attack had happened because Mr Docherty had slept with his ex-partner.

Flynn, 32, pled guilty to a charge of assault and robbery, while Flood, 27, admitted a charge of breach of the peace.

Sheriff Alastair Carmichael jailed Flood for nine months.

Flynn was given a 16-month sentence to be served consecutively to a 100-day period. The sheriff reduced that sentence to six months to take into account time spent on remand.