Councillor drove his car at a man filming school bus cut protest

COURT REPORTER

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A Lanarkshire Labour councillor shocked onlookers when he drove his car deliberately at a man filming a protest over school bus cuts.

Raging Pat Patton then got out of his Hyundai Santa Fe and told the victim to put his camera away.

Patton, of Bellshill, was fined £420 at Airdrie Sheriff Court, pictured, this week after being found guilty of assault.

The incident happened outside Kirklands Credit Union in Woodside Street, Coatbridge, on June 26 last year, Patton's 59th birthday.

A small group of parents and around 10 children had gathered to voice anger at North Lanarkshire Council making changes to school bus services.

The protest took place outside the general election campaign HQ of Frank McNally, who was a Labour councillor and the party's candidate for Coatbridge and Bellshill.

Mr McNally went on to win the seat.