A DRUNKEN offender who broke another man’s jaw after assaulting him in a Jedburgh pub has been ordered to pay his victim £2,000 compensation.
Barry Wood, 24, of Springfield Terrace, St Boswells, appeared on indictment and admitted punching a man to his severe injury at Carters Rest, Abbey Place, on March 18 last year.
The victim sustained a double fracture to his jaw, which required surgery.
Defence solicitor Iain Burke told Jedburgh Sheriff Court last Friday: “This appears to have been situational and out of character, rather than any propensity for violence.”
Sheriff Derrick McIntyre, who previously heard a proof in mitigation, described the offence as a serious matter.
Sheriff McIntyre said: “You broke this person’s jaw, and he suffered a double fracture and required jaw surgery.”
He went on: “I accept there was a background here and that you don’t have any record, so am prepared to deal with it by a community disposal.”
Wood was also sentenced to a 15-month community payback order, with 240 hours of unpaid work.