A thug Scots care worker has been struck off after pushing and kicking a teenage boy and then saying 'he deserved it'.
Angus Mclellan bragged that he 'would do it again' after he pushed the 15-year-old to the ground and kicked his leg 'several times' while looking after him.
McLellan was working as a residential Child Care Worker with Spark of Genius (Training) Ltd at Dunoon when the attacks happened around April 4 last year.
When telling of his actions to a colleague, McLellan branded the 15-year-old service user, known only as AA, a 'pr**k' and that 'he deserves it'.
He also said he 'would have done it again' and that he would 'have kept kicking'.
Now bosses at the Scottish Social Services Council have ruled to strike him off the register.
A report prepared on McLellan said the incident came near the start of the first national coronavirus lockdown when 'emotions were running high' and that some of the home's residents had 'deliberately made life difficult'.
It adds: "The events of 4 April 2020 took place during the COVID-19 pandemic, shortly after the imposition of a national lockdown. The events of 4 April 2020 took place during a tense and difficult time, when emotions and residents’ frustrations were running high in [Redacted] as a result of the lockdown."
Giving evidence in his defence, McLellan argued he had been provoked and that AA had kicked, punched and spat at him.
But summing up, the SSSC found that he was too emotionally involved in the incident and should have walked away.
The report reads: "The Panel was less convinced by your evidence. It was very apparent at the hearing, that you were still very emotionally attached to the incident, which clearly remained very raw.
"You did not appear to have got over the incident and its consequences, and you spoke in evidence to the effects of it continuing for some considerable time after it happened.
"It appeared to the Panel that you had some difficulty in remaining objective while giving evidence, and your own evidence and cross examination of other witnesses were affected by your emotional attachment to the case.
"The Panel considered that much of your evidence, although not dishonest, had been distorted by your stress, and by the constant replaying of the events in your mind that you spoke to.
"(The Panel) considered that the allegations were serious, consisting of an assault on a vulnerable young person and various concerning comments thereafter.
"There was some provocation and some mitigating circumstances, but the behaviour nevertheless fell short of the standards that would be expected of a social service worker in the circumstances.
"A social service worker would be expected not to harm a service user, even in circumstances of provocation.
"They would be expected to know how to handle the situation appropriately, including walking away if necessary. The behaviour had caused minor physical injury to AA and had upset him.
"It also had the potential to affect AA’s future relationships with social service workers or figures in authority.
"The Panel decided to make a Removal Order, removing your name from the part of the Register for Residential Child Care Workers."
