Inverness Bus Passenger who terrified the woman with a throat cutting gesture is imprisoned

Brian Robertson was appointed as an Inverness prisoner.

A bus passenger who terrified a woman on a trip through Inverness looking at her while throwing her finger on her neck to suggest that she was cutting her throat.

Brian Robertson appeared by video link in Inverness Sheriff Court After previously admitting threatening behavior charges, assaulting injuries and refusing to give their personal data to the police when they are required to do so.

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The sentence had been deferred by a background report on the 43 -year -old man who was imprisoned for 12 months by Sheriff Gary Aitken. It was revealed until the date of Robertson’s preventive detention on August 2 last year.

In a previous hearing, fiscal deputy Pauline Gair told Sheriff Eilidh MacDonald that the woman had intended to disembark at the Raigmore hospital, but changed her mind when Robertson was depressed first and then looked at her out the window.

Mrs. Gair said: “He put his face to the glass and pulled his fingers on his neck and pointed it out. He left her in a state of fear and she contacted the police. The police attended, but the defendant refused to Give them their details.

“He challenged one of the officers to fight, lifting his fists and imitating the shock motions. He then made sexualized comments towards them.”

Mrs. Gair added that Robertson, designated as Inverness prisoner, was handcuffed and placed in a police truck and during the trip to the Burnett Road police station and in a police cell he continued making threats.

“In the cell he lashed out at an officer and hit him on the face and threatened to stab him on his neck before spitting in his eye,” he said. “The officer suffered discomfort in the eye and when he was beaten, he bit the interior of his mouth causing a small cut.”

Defense lawyer Marc Dickson said there was a history of mental health problems with his client, but the ongoing psychiatric support for his client would continue in his release.