A ROSYTH man who left his victim permanently disfigured after an attack wanted his curfew lifted so he could attend his girlfriend’s graduation.

Sam Baxter, 27, is currently serving a three-month restriction of liberty of order after he admitted acting together with another person to assault a man at the Citizen Bar in Bruce Street, Dunfermline, on May 9 last year.

Baxter, of Sherbrooke Road, headbutted and punched his victim on the head, causing him to fall to the ground and lose consciousness, to his severe injury and permanent disfigurement.

At Dunfermline Sheriff Court heard last Wednesday, Baxter applied for his curfew to be put back an hour so he could attend the graduation ceremony.

Solicitor James Moncrieff said: “He’s asking for an allowance of an additional hour so he can go to his girlfriend’s graduation. It would mean a lot to her if he could go to that.”

However, Sheriff Charles Macnair refused the application, remarking: “Well, he wouldn’t be going to the graduation if he were in custody, would he?”

The court heard Baxter had previously asked to have the curfew lifted so he could go on holiday – an application which was refused.

Sheriff Macnair added: “This is a punishment and one that brings with it inconvenience to you. Others have been affected by your offending behaviour. 

“I accept that this might cause disappointment to you and your girlfriend but you should not have committed the offence which resulted in this order.”