Aberdeen man head-butted chip shop worker in row over cheese
23-year-old jailed over assault at Balnagask Chip Shop
By Laurna Robertson
Published: 28/01/2012
AN ABERDEEN man has been locked up after head-butting a chip shop worker in a row over a 30p portion of cheese.
Michael Moir was sentenced to five months for the incident at a takeaway in Aberdeen.
A furious row broke out after Moir, 23, and his girlfriend, Megan Ross, 20, discovered she had not received a portion of cheese with her chips and gravy order.
Aberdeen Sheriff Court heard Ross threw the food at worker Kathleen Hadden at Balnagask Chip Shop then Moir head-butted her.
Moir, whose address was given in court papers as 203 Portland Street, Aberdeen, had previously pleaded guilty to the assault and was sentenced to five months in prison.
Sentence was deferred on Ross, whose address was given in court papers as 114E Victoria Road, Aberdeen, after she pleaded guilty to assault.