A mass brawl kicked off at a ‘happy family gathering’ when a 15-year-old knocked out the teeth of a rival by launching a glass into his face.
Cameron Richmond, now 19, screamed anti-English abuse at the then 20-year-old Kyle Taylor during the melee in the Alyth Bowling Club in Perthshire, Scotland.
He then threw a glass in Mr Taylor’s face before hitting Helena Taylor on the side of the head.
Several other party-goers tried to stop the fight before Georgina Richmond, 55, Richmond’s mother, stepped in to haul him out of the commotion.
The engineer was found guilty of assaulting Mr and Ms Taylor and bigotry after a three-day trial at Perth Sheriff Court. Sentencing was deferred for reports.
Cameron Richmond (centre), now 19, screamed anti-English abuse at the then 20-year-old Kyle Taylor during the melee in the Alyth Bowling Club
Richmond (pictured) thew a glass into the face of Mr Taylor, causing damage to several of his teeth and lips that required treatment
Sheriff William Wood said it was an ‘unsavoury incident’ at what was supposed to be a ‘happy family gathering’.
‘At some point the young people had gathered in the games room. Music was being played by Mr McGrath. There was what began as a bit of banter.
‘Mr Richmond accepts uttering threats of violence and a racist remark, which he deems even now to be banter.
‘To call someone an ‘English p***k’ must clearly be seen as racist.
‘It was clearly intended to be abusive. There was a confrontation between Kyle Taylor and Cameron Richmond. That resulted in Mr Taylor striking him or pushing him in some way,’ the Sheriff explained, according to reports in The Mirror.
Richmond thew a glass into the face of Mr Taylor, causing damage to several of his teeth and lips that required treatment.
There had been ‘banter’ and discussion of music before the fight broke out, Richmond (centre) told the court
The brawl broke out at a family gathering in the Alyth Bowling Club in Perthshire, Scotland (pictured), after ‘banter’ got out of hand
Cameron Richmond, 19, was found guilty of assaulting Mr and Ms Taylor and bigotry after a three-day trial at Perth Sheriff Court (pictured)
Sheriff Wood rejected Richmond’s explanation of self-defence and said ‘at best’ it was a ‘retaliation’.
‘It was an appalling injury. Having your teeth broken violently is one of the worst things that can happen in this sort of incident.
‘There was a then a fracas. Mr Richmond struck Miss Taylor on the side of the head. This was a very unpleasant incident and I don’t accept your explanation.’
Richmond, from Kilmarnock, told the trial that there had been banter and discussion of music before things got ‘very heated in a matter of seconds’.
‘An altercation happened where someone came up and started picking a fight. There was a bit of playful banter and he got angry. He hit me on the back of the head.
‘I fell forward. I was 15 and he was 20. I had a pint glass in my hand. As I fell forward I threw it in his general direction. There was a bit of a scuffle.’
He said that people had then begun jumping on him before he was pulled away.
Communications manager Georgina Richmond, 55, said she heard the brawl and went to intervene.
‘I was aware Cameron was in one corner of the room. He had been backed into a corner. There was a big crowd of people trying to get to him,’ she said.
‘There was a complete melee of people. I was shouting: “He’s only 15.”‘
She added that the fracas has had a ‘bad effect’ on the teenager.
