A Scotland fan who jumped naked from a fourth-floor hotel window after his nation's 0-0 draw with England during Euro 2020 has been ordered to pay nearly £15,000 in compensation.
Ross James Ferris, 27, suffered a "psychotic episode" after an alcohol and cocaine binge.
The electrician ripped a window frame out of the wall at the four-star hotel and wrecked his room, causing £14,635 worth of criminal damage.
He ripped a TV bracket and trouser press off the wall, smashed mirrors, and covering much of the bathroom in his own blood.
The court heard Ferris then assaulted police as they tried to handcuff him in the street.
Ferris, from Cowdenbeath, Fife, pleaded guilty to damaging his room at the Corus Hotel, Lancaster Gate, Bayswater, near London's Hyde Park on June 18.
He also pleaded guilty to three counts of assaulting three police officers, two he spat at and a third who suffered a cut and swelling to their hand, during the struggle to handcuff him.
Ferris, who was supported at Southwark Crown Court by his wife and parents, also pleaded guilty to possessing a small amount of cocaine police found in his hotel room.
Prosecutor James Marsland told the court: "The hotel manager was alerted to damage being caused to one of the rooms, which had a broken window and items being thrown from it.
"The police were called and they found Ferris had barricaded himself in and by the time officers gained access Ferris had jumped from the window.
"The TV bracket and trouser press had been ripped from the wall, windows were smashed, mirrors were smashed and there was blood in the room and the bathroom.
"Officers in the street saw Ferris emerge from the window and jump onto a conservatory with a glass roof below and then down to the street.
"He was naked and he had to be tasered by the police and held down by multiple officers and he was shouting and struggling."
The police concede Ferris appeared to be in the grip of some kind of mental breakdown.
The prosecutor said: "He thought the police were there to hurt him and there was talk of grenades.
"He spat at two police officers and caused an injury to another's hand, a small cut and swelling caused by Ferris struggling with the handcuffs on."
Ferris was questioned in police custody the next day.
The prosecutor said: "Having sobered up he said he had been drinking and taking cocaine and suffered an episode where he thought everyone was out to get him and feared for his life."
Ferris had convictions for assault in 2012 and assaulting police in February 2020, the court heard.
His lawyer Roger Sahotra told the court: "This was a drug-induced psychosis that he brought on himself and is not an excuse, but an explanation.
"He is truly ashamed and found it very, very difficult to view the CCTV of himself.
"He apologises to the police and to the hotel staff for the distress and damage he caused and has offered to make restitution for the damage.
"He has emailed the hotel and his father has visited the hotel.
"Mr Ferris owns his own business and is in a loving relationship. He is a loving father and son and the balance of his mind was not right at the time.
"He should abstain from alcohol permanently and use of cocaine could cause a repeat and damage to his health."
Ferris has since become teetotal and refrained from taking cocaine, the court heard.
Judge Alexander Milne QC sentenced Ferris to six months imprisonment, suspended for two years and ordered him to complete 150 hours of community service work.
He must also pay the full compensation to the hotel within six months.
The judge told Ferris: "As you recognise it was a shameful pattern of activity that must have been stressful for those that had to deal with you and clean up the room after you.
"The damage to the room is horrendous and the behaviour in the street was horrendous.
"This was bizarre and I accept for the most part out of character and a result of the dreadful reaction you had to the illegal drug you took that evening.
"Otherwise you are a responsible father, businessman and employer.
"You are somebody capable of getting your life back into proper shape and you seriously wish to correct what you have done."
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