Driver attacked boy aged 12 for dancing on the road

AN ANGRY driver assaulted a 12-year-old child who had been dancing on the road because he was worried about the safety of other road users, a court has heard.

Frederick Anderson, 56, was driving along Pentland View in the Currie area of Edinburgh last November when he saw the high school pupil fooling around at the side of the road.

Worried that the boy could have caused an accident, the builder pulled over and got out of his car to approach the pupil.

But instead of just telling the youngster off, Anderson grabbed him by his clothes before telling him 'that was a stupid thing to have done'.

A metal chain that the boy was wearing was pushed against his chest in the process and injured him.

Yesterday at Edinburgh Sheriff Court, Anderson pleaded guilty to assaulting the pupil to his injury on November 17 last year.

The court heard that Anderson had reacted after seeing the "dangerous conduct" of the boy. He was fined 300.