Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

North-east man admits to carrying out two brutal attacks on strangers he met at parties

Post Thumbnail

A man has admitted carrying out two brutal attacks on strangers he met at parties.

Serial violent attacker Lee Gibbon went to a social gathering on June 9 this year and left with David Finch – who was previously unknown to him.

The two men walked around Northfield looking for another party to go to and stopped at Eric Hendrie Park.

He dropped a can of beer and when Mr Finch went to pick it up he pushed him to the ground and punched his head.

His victim ran to get away from him while leaving his backpack and a bike behind.

He arrived at a friend’s house at around 4am in the morning and the emergency services were contacted.

When he later returned to the park he discovered that his belongings had been taken.

Some of his belongings were found, including a bank card, by council employees while evicting Gibbon from his council home. They were handed over to the police and Mr Finch then identified Gibbon as his attacker.

Gibbon also attacked another man, Francis Murison, while leaving a social gathering on a footpath on Coningham Terrace a few weeks later.

A local resident called for an ambulance after witnessing the victim being kicked repeatedly while on the ground.


>> Keep up to date with the latest news with The P&J newsletter


Gibbon, 32, admitted carrying out the first assault and the theft of a backpack and bike on June 10 when he appeared in court.

He also admitted a charge of assault to severe injury, which took place on July 25, while at Aberdeen Sheriff Court yesterday.

Fiscal depute Colin Neilson told the court Mr Murison had suffered fractures to the right side of his face and skull.

The court also heard Gibbon had previously committed attacks which led to severe injuries in 2007 and 2009 and had been caught in possession of a weapon in 2015.

Sheriff Jack Brown deferred sentence on the HMP Grampian prisoner in order to obtain reports.

He said: “I have to consider what level of protection the public requires from you.”