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Comm Games athlete fined for assault on rival

In this photo taken Friday July 27 2014, Francois Etoundi of Australia lifts during the men's 77kg weightlifting competition in the Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2014 in Glasgow Scotland. Etoundi, was stripped of his games accreditation Thursday July 31, 2014 after being arrested over an alleged assault during an altercation in the athletes' village in Glasgow. (AP Photo/Dominic Lipinski, PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUT In this photo taken Friday July 27 2014, Francois Etoundi of Australia lifts during the men's 77kg weightlifting competition in the Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2014 in Glasgow Scotland. Etoundi, was stripped of his games accreditation Thursday July 31, 2014 after being arrested over an alleged assault during an altercation in the athletes' village in Glasgow. (AP Photo/Dominic Lipinski, PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUT

By Associated Press July 31, 2014 1 min read

GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) – A Scottish court has ordered an Australian medal winner to pay compensation to a Welsh weightlifter after he admitted head-butting him in the athletes’ village at the Commonwealth Games.

Francois Etoundi, also a weightlifter, assaulted Gareth Evans early Wednesday after a verbal exchange relating to the Welshman’s girlfriend.

At Glasgow Sheriff Court, Sheriff Andrew Cubie ordered Etoundi to pay 400 pounds ($675) compensation to Evans for causing injury.

Cubie says Etoundi brought “the law of the playground” into the village, adding that his behavior “undermines the concept of the friendly games.”

The Cameroon-born Etoundi, who won the bronze medal in the 77-kilogram (170-pound) division on Sunday, had already been stripped of his games accreditation after being arrested.

Evans was fifth in the 62-kilogram (137-pound) division.