A Hawick man who assaulted a stranger in a “flash of temper” after an argument in a town pub was sentenced to a six-month community payback order, with a condition he completes 160 hours of unpaid work.
Daniel Findlater was also ordered to pay his victim £200 compensation.
The 21-year-old, of Hillend Drive, admitted punching a man on the face to his injury at the Queen’s Head on May 12.