'Mr Fairley pushed in front of Mr Gillespie and picked up a small wooden mallet... swung around and struck Mr Gillespie on the left side of his face.”
A loyalist group official who beat a fellow member with a ceremonial mallet over a “breach of protocol” has been spared a jail term. William Fairley, 67, described by his lawyer as a “chief marshal”, struck Cameron Gillespie, 57, in the face with the wooden gavel at the Redding and Westquarter Unity Club, Falkirk , the town's sheriff court heard.
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Mr Gillespie went to hospital. No fractures were found, and he was given painkillers. He later attended at Falkirk Police Station to report what had happened. The incident occurred about 7.30 pm on January 31, 2024. "There was some form of protocol, and when that was pointed out it was suggested that Mr Fairley might be attacked by Mr Gillespie, who was going to 'kick the s**t out of him'. At that point the ceremonial gavel, a small thing like you might find on the bench in the USA, was picked up by Mr Fairley who aimed it at Mr Gillespie in this particular manner.”
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