A YOUNG supermarket worker who booted another man on the head and body was caught on camera – because he carried out the attack wearing his work clothes and name badge.

Mark McIntyre was identified through CCTV footage due to his Tesco uniform.

The 21-year-old had been out boozing with friends straight after his shift had ended at the supermarket in Alloa.

As he was walking through the town centre in the early hours of the morning he passed Barrie Taylor and his friends.

A scuffle broke out between the two groups and when Mr Taylor fell to the ground McIntyre kicked him on the head and body.

He left Mr Taylor lying on the ground with blood streaming from his face.

Police caught up with McIntyre a short time later after CCTV operators identified him by his Tesco clothing.

McIntyre initially denied the assault and claimed that he had tried to break up the fight.

However, he appeared at Alloa Sheriff Court on Thursday for sentence after he admitted behaving in a threatening or abusive manner and assaulting Mr Taylor by kicking him repeatedly on the head and body at Candleriggs in Alloa on 21 April last year.

He further pled guilty to failing to appear at court on 7 November last year.

McIntyre, of Hutton Park, Alloa, was sentenced to a Community Payback Order with 225 hours unpaid work to be completed within 18 months. He was further ordered to pay £300 in compensation to Mr Taylor.

Sheriff William Wood warned McIntyre about his conduct while wearing work clothes in public.

He said, “I’m sure your manager will have explained that you are acting as an ambassador for the company when you walk out of your workplace in your uniform.” Fiscal depute Susannah Hutchison explained that Mr Taylor had been at a birthday party in Tillicoultry before travelling into Alloa with friends.

At around 2.30am, McIntyre and his friends were spoken to by police officers regarding another matter and they noticed he was wearing his Tesco uniform and name badge.

She said, “At 3.15am the complainer and his friends were walking down the pedestrianised area in Candleriggs. At this time the accused and his two friends were walking up Candleriggs towards the centre. As both parties walked past each other the accused approached Mr Taylor’s friend and said ‘You know me. You know my sister. I’m Mark McIntyre and she is going to kick your c*** in’.” As they all walked away, Ms Hutchison said that Mr Taylor shouted back at McIntyre “in a bid to stand up for his friend”.

A scuffle broke out between the groups and during the fight Mr Taylor fell to the ground and McIntyre kicked him on the head and body.

Ms Hutchison added, “The accused was wearing steel-toe capped work boots.” McIntyre walked off and the police were called. Officers found Mr Taylor lying on the ground with a bloodied face.

He was taken to Forth Valley Royal Hospital and kept in overnight for observation due to a suspected head injury.

When questioned by police, McIntyre told them, “I never began that. I was splitting the fight up. It was all on camera.” George Higgins, defending, said his client had been drinking heavily that night. He said, “There is no explanation other than his drunkenness. He has accepted his responsibility.”