An unhappy New Year for nightclub assaults accused

A WICK man, who admitted two assaults at a local nightclub, will see the New Year in behind bars.
Gary Thomson, 41, was remanded in custody after being refused bail at the town’s sheriff court today.
He assaulted two women, Carol-Ann Fraser and Yvonne Aikman at the Waterfront nightclub, on Saturday, by grabbing hold of their clothing around their necks and pushing them up against a wall.
Honorary Sheriff Predip Data deferred sentence on Thomson, of 13 Shilling Hill, Wick, until January 21, for a background report.
But, as the accused had breached a community pay-back order recently, an application for bail was refused and he was remanded in custody.