A SHOWMAN has been banned from selling burgers at the Commonwealth Games ­after ­being found guilty of attacking two children.

A court was told yesterday that Charles Codona, 50, had planned to take part as a vendor at Glasgow 2014 but had been refused a licence for a burger van.

Codona - a member of the well-known ­funfair family - complained about being denied the chance to earn a living as he appeared in the dock at Perth Sheriff Court.

He was warned about his behaviour ­after talking back to the sheriff and giving a derisory round of ­applause as he left the courtroom.

Solicitor Steve Lafferty told the court: "He was hoping to ­obtain employment in a burger van in relation to the Commonwealth Games, but he can't get a licence because of this conviction."

Codona, of Hilton Terrace, Whitlyburn, Cambuslang, was found guilty of punching and slapping a 13-year-old boy around the body and slapping a 10-year-old boy on the legs during the summer of 2013.

He was also found guilty of threatening the older boy with violence.

Codona had sentence deferred for reports.