Two teenagers were yesterday jailed for killing a man in an alcohol-fuelled street attack with a Buckfast wine bottle.

Two teenagers were yesterday jailed for killing a man in an alcohol-fuelled street attack with a Buckfast wine bottle.

Robbie McKay and Andrew Irvine were each sentenced to six years and nine months.

They had challenged Jack Wilde, the 24-year-old victim, to a "square go" after he came across a group of youths at a shopping centre in Glenrothes, Fife, in August last year.

Mr Wilde was repeatedly kicked and hit after he had already been knocked to the ground. He was taken to hospital but was unconscious and later pronounced dead.

McKay, 17, and Irvine, 19, were originally charged with murder but the Crown accepted their guilty pleas to a reduced charge of culpable homicide at an earlier hearing.

Sentencing them at the High Court in Edinburgh, Judge Lady Dorrian told them: "It is a despicable offence. The only way I can deal with both of you is by a custodial sentence."

She said they would have faced nine years detention but their sentences would be less following their guilty pleas.

Two other youths, Lawrence Nelson and Grant Partridge, who took part in the attack, were put on probation for two years.

Nelson was ordered to carry out unpaid work in the community for 80 hours and Partridge for 200 hours.

During the sentencing, angry relatives of the victim left the High Court in Edinburgh with one woman shouting at the accused youths.

Nelson, 16, also known as Scott Nelson, and Partridge, 17, were originally accused of the murder but their guilty pleas to assault were accepted.

The court heard that Mr Wilde, from Glenrothes, had been out drinking when he came across the teenagers at Glenwood shopping centre.

Partridge, of Glenrothes, had arrived at the centre about 11pm where he met a group of friends, including Nelson, McKay and Irvine, all from Glenrothes.

Advocate-depute John Scullion told the court: "They had all been drinking and were drunk."

Partridge, who was using crutches after breaking a leg, became aware of Mr Wilde, who appeared to be drunk.

He asked the group for a cigarette but McKay said he would not give him one. Mr Wilde did not reply and started to walk off but Irvine, McKay and Partridge asked if he wanted a square go.

Nelson, Irvine and McKay chased Mr Wilde with Partridge hobbling after them on his crutches.

Nelson got to him first and punched him in the face and he fell to the ground.

Mr Scullion said: "McKay then kicked the deceased on the head and body approximately five times. While McKay was kicking him, Irvine struck the deceased three or four times to the head and body with a Buckfast bottle that he was holding.

"It is accepted by the accused, McKay and Irvine, that the deceased suffered the fatal blow during the assault by them," said Mr Scullion.