“He saw a glass bottle being thrown in his direction but it missed and smashed behind him,” the fiscal depute said.Īnother passenger told police she saw a man being punched on the head and body, and another said she saw one man “pummel three others with punches”. One victim, who asked why they were arguing with them, was assaulted too. “Another witness said they thought the initial exchange was ‘friendly banter’ and he was taken by surprise as he was punched to the head and body repeatedly.”Īnother witness said they heard someone shouting “So you want a f**** fight? We will win.” Fists and bottles were flying Ms Silver said: “One lady observed them launch themselves at her friends, throwing punches indiscriminately. It’s believed the first punches were thrown by Mark Tait before his brother Alexander Tait Jnr, the stag, grabbed a man by the throat. They were heard shouting “We are going to f*** you up”, “c’mon” and “English c****” at the group as they “enticed” them for a fight. “Events thereafter are muddled but a brawl ensued with the accused attacking various people.” Ms Silver said: “They immediately shouted aggressively towards them and they were warned by a female guard that they would be ejected from the train if they persisted. The men first came to the attention of one group of passengers, who boarded at Nairn having visited the Highland Games earlier that day. The Moray thugs challenged travellers to fight before “pummelling punches” upon complete strangers.Īfter carrying out the brutal assaults on the Scotrail Inverness-Huntly train between Nairn and Forres, the men made their escape by climbing head-first through a carriage window.Īlexander Tait Snr, 59, appeared in the dock at Elgin Sheriff Court alongside his three sons Alexander Jnr, 33, Michael, 27, and Mark, 22, as well as his son-in-law Kevin Low, 32.įiscal depute Victoria Silver said that events were “muddled” given the number of attackers and victims involved in the incident, which took place on August 17 2019.

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