Mitigating solicitor Ewan Cameron said: “It was abhorrent conduct on the part of Mr Fergus but he is a 72-year-old man with no previous convictions and it is hugely uncharacteristic on his part.
“He consumed much more alcohol than was sensible. He retired to bed but was roused by his wife who said she had been on the receiving end of hostility from hotel staff.
“He reacted disproportionately by going to reception to confront them. His memory is somewhat hazy. He was responsible, in a fit of pique, for vandalising the property.”
The solicitor said Mr Fergus had previously been of good character and was a senior committee member at his local rugby club and a member of the fund-raising committee for a local school for disabled children.
Sheriff Gillian Wade told Mr Fergus: “This is a very sorry state of affairs and it gives me no pleasure to see you here at the age of 72 and as a first offender.”
Mr Fergus was fined £2,750 and ordered to pay the hotel a further £800 compensation.
He was also banned from driving for 12 months.
His wife was fined a further £1,350.
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