Jail for assault thug who left victim with a shattered jaw

A THUG who left a man with a brain injury, a fractured skull and shattered jaw has been jailed for 28 months.

Connor Campbell, 21, from Dumbarton, admitted assaulting lorry driver James MacMartin, 47, to his severe injury and to the danger of his life under provocation.

The attack took place on September 26, last year, at Dumbarton Road and Peel Street, Glasgow.

The High Court in Glasgow heard that Campbell, who had been at a football match, and Mr MacMartin, who had earlier attended a funeral, clashed in the Stumps Bar in Dumbarton Road, Glasgow.

Mr MacMartin followed Campbell out and struck the first blow, but was then felled by a flurry of blows from Campbell.

The court heard that witnesses described seeing Mr MacMartin fall to the ground, striking his head on the roadway and Campbell punching him three or four times to the head while he was on the ground.

Mr MacMartin, who was lying unconscious partially underneath a stationary taxi, was then run over by it as he lay on the ground. None of his injuries, however, was caused by the taxi. Police on mobile patrol saw the incident and chased after Campbell who ran off, while an off-duty doctor and members of the public tended to Mr MacMartin.

Judge Lord Burns sentenced Campbell to two years and four months. He said: “This serious assault was devastating for the victim both physically and from an employment point of view.”