The Scottish Sun: It's Xmasssss!

A FEUDING gay couple were caged yesterday after a bizarre bust-up with cops — sparked by a row over “Christmas decorations”.

Savage Paul Lappin, 26, punched and tried to bite one policeman as his lover Darren Oakes, 40, screamed obscenities and kicked a woman officer.

The racist louts also hurled anti-Scots slurs when cops responded to 999 calls at their home shortly after a “domestic incident” over their festive display.

Prosecutor Jim Eodanable told Perth Sheriff Court: “The officers could hear Lappin in a heated exchange with his partner.

“He said ‘leave it — they are just Scottish w******’.”

Police then burst in and Lappin punched PC Ryan Thompson in the face.

Both louts, originally from Liverpool, called the officers “Scottish c****”. And Oakes kicked WPC Sandra Harrower, before screaming a vile comment about giving her children HIV.

Lappin and Oakes, of Perth, both admitted police assault and acting in a racially aggravated manner on December 6.
Defence lawyer Cliff Culley said the pair had been “drinking heavily”.

Lappin was jailed for nine months and Oakes locked up for eight months.

The Scottish Sun.