Robert Mykytyn struck Haykel Guelmami at Glasgow's Hyndland station. Mykytyn initially questioned Mr Guelmami for smoking on the platform and stuck the middle finger up at him.
Robert Mykytyn, 72, struck Haykel Guelmami, 32, at Glasgow's Hyndland station on September 9 2021. Mykytyn initially questioned Mr Guelmami for smoking on the platform and stuck the middle finger up at him.
The court heard that Mr Guelmami was at the station to board a connecting train after he finished work when he was approached by Mykytyn. Mr Guelmami said: "I just recall I was questioned if I was smoking - he said 'are you smoking', I said 'yes' and I thought that's all.Prosecutor Ross Canning asked the witness how he reacted to it. Mr Guelmami replied: "I just ignored it, I thought he would leave and go away.
Mr Guelmami told jurors that he walked up stairs towards where Mykytyn was standing. Mykytyn meantime walked down the stairs. The witness said: "Somehow we fell down on the floor, there was a struggle, I had a hold of his glasses and he had hold of my neck with his hand - that's when the attack happened."
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