Man cleared of causing fear and alarm by throwing black pudding

A man was has been cleared of causing fear and alarm by being aggressive with a black pudding.

Bradley Davidson, 47, had been due to go on trial in connection with a charge of acting in a threatening manner and hurling a black pudding across a room. But when the case against him called at Perth Sheriff Court, fiscal depute Stuart Richardson said the Crown were no longer seeking a conviction.



Solicitor David Holmes told the court that Davidson was continuing to deny the charge and Mr Richardson asked for the case to be deserted. Davidson had been alleged to have behaved in a threatening and abusive manner before hurling the blood sausage across a room.

He was alleged to have behaved "in a threatening or abusive manner which was likely to cause a reasonable person to suffer fear and alarm in that you did act in an aggressive manner, shout and throw a black pudding across the room." The pudding throwing was alleged to have taken place at an address in Perth on May 13 this year.