Dad hit in chest with crossbow
A MAN has been left with a permanent scar after a thug threw a glass at him in a busy pub full of punters.
Cops are looking for the attacker who kicked off in MacConnells in Hope Street at around 9pm on Sunday.
Police say the man was in the Hope Street boozer when he was struck on the head with a glass.
The attacker made off from the bar following the incident and the victim was taken by ambulance to the Glasgow Royal Infirmary where he was treated for a serious facial injury and then released.
The suspect is described as white, late 20s to early 30s, medium to heavy build with short dark hair and a beard. He was wearing a grey jumper with white writing on the left side and a horizontal reflective stripe on the back. He was also wearing jeans and grey shoes. A MAN hit a 46-year-old dad in the chest with a crossbow bolt after his grandfather’s house was hit with stones.
Dylan Gowans, 23, from Easterhouse, discharged the crossbow in the direction of a group of people he believed were responsible for throwing the stone, and hit Archibald Climson, who was out looking for his 21-year-old daughter.
Mr Climson had spoken to the group to ask if they had seen his daughter and was hit on the left side of his chest.
At the High Court in Glasgow, Gowans, who was originally charged with attempted murder, admitted a reduced charge of culpably and recklessly discharging the crossbow to the danger of Mr Climson’s life.
The offence was committed around 1.30am on September 11, 2016, at Lochdochart Road, Easterhouse.
Prosecutor Liam Ewing said: ‘Mr Climson was taken to Glasgow Royal Infirmary with a collapsed lung.
“The consultant who treated him said that the insertion of a sharp object into the chest was potentially life threatening due to the risk that major structures could be damaged.”
Mr Climson recovered from the injury, but died from an unrelated condition last year.
The court heard that Gowans, who was wearing a red tracksuit, was spotted on CCTV with a crossbow.
When interviewed by police he said he had never touched the crossbow or bolt.
However, when the bolt was examined, his DNA was found on it.
Solicitor advocate Brian Fitzpatrick said: “It was because of the stone being thrown he did this. There was no intent to fire it at anyone to their injury. I think there was no actual danger to Mr Climson’s life, although there was the potential.”
Judge Lord Mulholland told Gowans: “It is a serious matter to have a crossbow in a public place in Glasgow and discharge it, even though the Crown accept you did not intend to injure Mr Climson.”
Sentence was deferred on unemployed Gowans until next month in order to prepare a background report on him.