Drunk shouted 'Heil, Hitler' in Raigmore Hospital
Patients and staff at Raigmore Hospital were shocked when a drunk man began shouting ‘Heil Hitler’ from his ward bed.
Fifty year old George Brodie of Strathpeffer Road, Dingwall, admitted behaving in a threatening or abusive manner in the Inverness hospital on September 15.
He also admitted to making offensive remarks and gestures when he appeared at Inverness Sheriff Court on Tuesday.
He was jailed for three months.
Fiscal depute Robert Weir told Sheriff David Sutherland that Brodie was in hospital because of his alcohol consumption.
"When he woke in ward 6a, he became abusive and was shouting ‘Heil Hitler’ and other insults about the police.
"He repeatedly claimed he had killed hundreds of people and disposed of their bodies in suitcases." Mr Weir went on.
Brodie was later arrested.
Defending, Neil Wilson told the court his client expected a jail sentence.
"He was drunk and accepts his behaviour was unacceptable."
Sheriff Sutherland told Brodie: "Someone who behaves in this manner in a hospital must face a custodial sentence.
"The court has to ensure staff and patients are kept safe and not be subjected to behaviour like this."
