Four years for attack

A teenager has been given a five-year extended sentence for a “vicious and unprovoked” attack on a 56-year-old man which left him unconscious, fighting for his life.

Scott Tierney, 19, had been drinking in a Rosyth pub before he launched the brutal assault on Garry Hay.

Mr Hay had tried to stop Tierney from attacking passing cars but was knocked unconscious, kicked on the head and left lying with blood coming from his ears and mouth. He spent several days on a ventilator and has been left with lasting damage.

Tierney, of Burns Street, High Valleyfield, was given a four-year custodial term followed by one year under supervised release.

He admitted that on December 5 at Queensferry Road, Rosyth, he assaulted Mr Hay, threw stones which struck him, punched him on the head causing him to fall to the ground losing consciousness and then kicked him on the head to his severe injury, impairment and to the danger of his life.

Sheriff Charles Macnair said: “This was a vicious and unprovoked assault on a man who, quite rightly, was trying to control your behaviour not just for the benefit of members of the public but also you.”