Ullapool man hit over head with a homemade weapon
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A man was assaulted after he confronted his attacker outside his home.
Inverness Sheriff Court was told that 44-year-old Scott Lesbirel, formerly of Newton Street, Greenock, but now living in Vale, Guernsey, had gone to the property in Lochside Court, Ullapool on July 3, 2020 with another local man.
Fiscal depute Martina Eastwood said that the two occupants of the house heard banging on the window and saw Lesbirel had a weapon – a bit of metal attached to a string.
"The two men armed themselves, and confronted Lesbirel who was outside in the garden," she said.
"They told him to leave but he did not and a fight ensued. The accused swung a metal weight on a rope and struck one of the men on the back of the head.
"This caused a laceration which required to be stitched and left a permanent scar."
Defence counsel Bill Adam told the court that the last conviction for his client, a diver to trade but currently working as a welder, was in 2006.
He asked the court to call for a background report.
Lesbirel, who admitted assault to injury and permanent disfigurement, will reappear for sentencing on May 25.
Sheriff Macdonald warned him that all options were open to the court.
"This is a serious offence with a weapon of your own making," he told him.
Lesbirel's bail was continued.
