Anyway, latest from the trial:
Witness says Brian Fox’s serious injuries were immediately apparent after he hit his head on the roadhttps://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/fp/w ... -the-road/A man who fell to the ground in a taxi rank and later died was bleeding from the mouth and his eyes had rolled into the back of his head, a court has been told.Amy McFadyen told the High Court in Edinburgh that Brian Fox’s injuries were immediately apparent as “quite bad” after he hit his head on the road in the Nethergate on January 1.
Wes Reid, 20, and Adam Valentine, 25, are charged with his culpable homicide, which they deny.
Miss McFadyen, 22, described how she and her friend Katie Reid had been out celebrating the New Year before going to the Nethergate to get a taxi home.
The live-in carer told the jury she had been attacked after two others had fallen into the road at the Nethergate taxi rank opposite the Steeple Church.
She said a man she identified as Valentine had approached her and called her something like a “little b****”, and she had put out her hand to defend herself from what she anticipated would be an attack.
She made contact with his face before being attacked from the side, and described being curled up in the foetal position as she was kicked by several people.
Advocate depute Mark McGuire, for the prosecution, asked her what happened next.
“A few seconds after, I looked up and I seen an older gentleman to the right of me and I saw one of the boys strike the man,” she said.
“I couldn’t tell if it was a headbutt or a punch and he fell like a tree and his head hit the floor. We heard his head hitting the floor.
“I didn’t know if he was crossing the road, he wasn’t saying anything, he wasn’t trying to be involved.
“From the noise I knew it was quite bad. I shrieked: ‘You’ve killed him’.
“Blood was coming out his mouth and his eyes were out the back of his head.”
The court had heard that McFadyen had recognised her attacker as Valentine at the moment of the assault, having “known of him” beforehand.
However, Mark Stewart QC, for Valentine, suggested she had in fact only found out who he was by going on social media after the attack had taken place.
He suggested: “Did you embark on a search of social media to try to identify any others…you had seen in the taxi rank that night?”
Miss McFadyen responded: “I did but not the male I had known previously (Valentine).”
The trial, before Lord Beckett, continues.
Dundee woman left scarred and with tinnitus after New Year taxi brawl that killed Brian Fox, trial hearshttps://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/lo ... ial-hears/A woman has been left scarred and suffering with tinnitus after being pushed to the ground during the taxi rank brawl that killed Brian Fox, a court has heard.Sandra Baird, 64, was giving evidence on the third day of the trial against Adam Valentine, 25, and Wes Reid, 20.
The pair are accused of the culpable homicide of Mr Fox as well as a breach of the peace offence in the late hours of 31 December last year and the early hours of January 1 this year.
Valentine, of HMP Perth, faces a string of other assault charges.
Both men deny the charges and Reid, of Newport Road, Tayport, claims to have been acting in self defence.
Mrs Baird told Edinburgh High Court how she had been out with a friend at the DCA to celebrate the new year before heading to the taxi rank outside the Steeple Church.
The court had previously heard how a mass brawl had broken out after an argument over getting into a taxi, which ultimately lead to the death of Mr Fox.
After the taxi in question pulled away from the rank, Mrs Baird and her friend, Kenneth Simpson, were then pushed to the ground from behind.
She said: “We were looking the other way trying to not get involved.
“Then I was pushed to the ground and was knocked out.
“When I came to I was a bit out of it.
“I have been left with a scar on my chin because it was an open wound and I have tinnitus because of the knock to the head.”
Mrs Baird was later taken to hospital and checked over.
The court was shown photographs detailing the injuries Mrs Baird sustained that night. These included cuts and bruises to her face, arms and knees.
The trial before Lord Beckett continues.