Man jailed for four years after assault in Falkirk underpass left victim with bleed on brain
A thug who left a street drinker with a bleed on the brain after hitting him over the head with a vodka bottle was jailed for four years on Wednesday.
Shaun Wilson, 41, put his victim in a headlock before battering him with the bottle in a pedestrian underpass, causing him to fall to the ground.
Passers-by – who saw him then kick the man three times in the head and stamp on his head – called police.
Officers found the 42-year-old victim in a pool of blood on the path, between Callendar Boulevard and Old Redding Road, Falkirk.
He was lying in a foetal position with severe facial injuries and a laceration to his head.
Falkirk Sheriff Court heard the victim had earlier been seen “engaging with other street drinkers”.
Prosecutor Joanne Ritchie said that he suffered a bleed on the brain, a fractured skull, and four facial fractures in the assault.
Wilson, who was spotted on CCTV walking nearby with blood on his trainers, was arrested.
Wilson, of Falkirk, appeared by video link for sentence, after pleading guilty last month to assaulting the man to his severe injury and permanent disfigurement.
The incident occurred on August 10.
Solicitor-advocate Stephen Biggam, defending, said: “He is appalled at his conduct.”
In addition to jailing Wilson for four years, Sheriff Christopher Shead made him subject to an extension period of two years during which time he can be recalled to prison if he reoffends.
He said Wilson had “a significant record for serious violence.”
He said: “The new offence is a particularly grave one, and has to be understood against Mr Wilson's record.”