Edinburgh city sheriff court ordered 43-year old Ian Thirlaway to pay the sum of £500 as fine after he pled guilty to committing a racially aggravated breach of the peace. Thirlaway who is a British oil worker flew into a fit of rage after he missed his train at the Edinburgh Waverley station. He began shouting and swearing at the staff in the train station before saying, " I hope you get independence and we have spare bombs and we can bomb the whole place". He was arrested by the British Transport Police and he continued in rage saying to the officers " I'm arrested and you let... and immigrants in here, F***ing hell. His defence lawyer told the court her client made those statements because he suffered from severe depression and when under pressure he attacked anyone and everyone.