A MAN appeared in court on Wednesday accused of striking a delivery driver with a traffic cone amid an anti-immigration protest.
Callum Thomson, 29, allegedly assaulted Muhammad Yaqoob in Glasgow’s Bridge Street on July 25 2026.
Court papers state Thomson “threw a traffic cone and did cause it to strike him on the body to his injury.”
Thomson faces a separate charge of conducting himself in a disorderly manner in the city’s Glasgow Green, Jamaica Street, Commerce Street, Oswald Street, Clyde Street and Bridge Street on the same day.
It is alleged that Thomson, of the city’s Pollokshields, wore a balaclava and gloves.
The charge goes on to say he formed part of a disorderly crowd, approached police cordons and challenged police officers in attendance there.
It is stated that he also repeatedly shouted, swore, chanted and uttered racially offensive remarks.
Thomson pleaded not guilty to the two charges at Glasgow Sheriff Court.
The Crown opposed bail for various reasons.
Prosecutor Anthony Kelly said: “He allegedly formed part of an anti immigration group and targeted a delivery driver as part of that crowd.”
Sheriff Mary Shields set a hearing for next month and granted Thomson bail meantime with a special condition that Thomson does not contact Yaqoob.
