OAP assaulted Scots bagpiper's wife over noise row in park bust-up

Scottish Sun

05-06-2025

The judges wife warned the piper her husband would "make you stop".
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A BAGPIPER claims he and his partner were attacked by a judge's OAP wife for playing in a park in the USA.
Scott Gibb says Eunice Isgur, 76, swung for his spouse and called in her husband to 'make him stop' after he refused her demands to stop performing outside.
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He told how she marched up to him and stuck her phone inches from his face before she and her law chief hubby chased after the musician.
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Scott said: 'She said I had no right to play here in this public park.
'She said, 'I'm going to call my husband hes a federal judge and hes going to make you stop'.
'She was very aggressive, yelling and screaming.
'She literally stuck it right in my face blinding my eyes. She basically swiped at my wife's face.
'As she was walking she was videoing behind her and this big guy and the woman were chasing after her.
'You cant have people so disrespectful and attacking for no reason at all.'
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The bagpiper claims he and his partner were attacked
Expat Scott, from Aberdeen, was accosted as he played in Terry Hershey Park in Houston, Texas, US.
Footage of the confrontation shows the piper playing while a woman with short fair hair and glasses shines a torch while holding her phone close to his face.
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She follows him as he tries to move before spinning around and realising she is being recorded.
The woman was joined by her husband US bankruptcy judge Marvin Isgur, with the pair following Scott and his wife as they retreated.
She was left with a black eye — which can be seen in her mug shot — after tripping while trying to grab a backpack belonging to the couple as they trailed the couple on Monday evening.
Isgur has been charged with assault and had to pay a £74 ($100) bail bond or face being locked up until the case calls in court.
Project manager Scott says learning the pipes is a family tradition and he has played in the park regularly with no problem until he was confronted by the same person just weeks earlier.
He added: 'My grandfather gave them to me and I taught my son how to play.
'Texans just love the sound of the pipes.'
Terry Allbritton, of Harris County police, confirmed officers lifted Isgur after the showdown.
He said: 'A 76-year-old woman became upset over an individual playing bagpipes in a secluded, wooded area of the park.
'She confronted the musician while recording and yelling at him.
'The piper's wife, who witnessed the confrontation, also began recording on her cellphone.
'The situation escalated when the suspect began screaming loudly and proceeded to physically assault the woman for recording the encounter.
'The 76-year-old woman was arrested for Assault-Bodily Injury.'