Thugs punched and booted 17-year-old in Denny street following mobile phone argument

Connor Forrest (18) appeared at Falkirk Sheriff Court last Thursday having admitted carrying out an assault in Town House Street, Denny on October 20, 2019 along with another teen, who was then aged 17.

Forrest, of 153 Cedar Road, Abronhill, North Lanarkshire, continued the attack as his victim lay on the deck.

Procurator fiscal depute Kristina Kelly said: “They were observed to be arguing about a mobile phone.

“Members of the public observed another person punching the complainer to the face four or five times.

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“The accused also punched the complainer. They pushed him to the wall and and he fell to the ground.

“They continued to punch the complainer whilst he was on the ground and kicked him on the body as he lay there.

“The complainer had a large amount of swelling to his left eye and his head was described as a golf ball by one of the witnesses and was bleeding.”

His defence solicitor told the court Forrest had been made subject to a community payback order during a court appearance in December and was ordered to complete 150 hours of unpaid work.

The solicitor also asked Sheriff Christopher Shead to consider removing a curfew condition.

Sheriff Shead deferred the matter for six months to see how the community payback order – imposed at Glasgow Sheriff Court – progresses.

Forrest’s bail order was continued, however, a curfew condition was removed.

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