A man was left with a shard of glass sticking out of his head after masked intruders brutally attacked him with a pint glass in his own home.
Robson Curry, 25, and Grant MacFarlane, 27, assaulted the resident as he tucked into a Chinese takeaway.
The pair then helped themselves to two TVs and a mobile phone as their victim lay bleeding on the floor.
He eventually managed to get help at a nearby shop, where staff found him covered in blood with a “large chunk of glass” sticking out the back of his head.
Staff immediately noticed the man was unsteady on his feet, with dried blood on his head and ears.
Fiscal depute Brian Young told Aberdeen Sheriff Court the assault victim walked into the Scotmid store on College Bounds, Fraserburgh, just before 10pm on December 13 2021.
Struck over the head with a pint glass
Mr Young said: “He had a large chunk of glass about the size of a pinkie finger sticking out the back of his head.
“He disclosed to staff that he had been assaulted by being ‘bottled’ over the head with a glass item within his home.
“He had heard voices just prior to the assault but did not know who assaulted him as they had been wearing a mask.”
The man was rushed to hospital and the police were also contacted.
On visiting the crime scene at his address, officers found a blood-stained broken pint glass and blood spattered in the hallway and on a radiator.
The victim told police he had been home alone eating a Chinese takeaway but had left his door unlocked.
He then heard voices within his address and was struck over the head with a pint glass.
After being assaulted, he discovered two televisions and a mobile phone were missing.
DNA found on pint glass
CCTV was examined and showed Curry and MacFarlane in a nearby pub before leaving with Curry in possession of the pint glass before entering the scene of crime.
Curry’s DNA was also found on the remains of the pint glass.
As a result of the attack, their victim suffered multiple superficial cuts to his face and a laceration to the left of his head, which required three stitches.
He also sustained a superficial cut to his left arm.
Curry, of HMP Grampian, and MacFarlane, of West Road in Fraserburgh, each pled guilty to a charge of assault to severe injury and robbery.
Attack ‘had not been planned’
Defence agent Leonard Burkinshaw, representing MacFarlane, said his client “didn’t physically take part in the assault” but pled guilty as he played a role in the crime.
He said the pair had been walking back from the pub when Curry indicated he “wanted a word” with the man and they walked into his home.
Mr Burkinshaw said: “Mr MacFarlane was present when the assault took place and accepts he then assisted in removing items from the property.
“He very much regrets his involvement in it. It had not been planned.”
Sheriff Andrew Miller jailed MacFarlane for 10 months.
Curry was previously given 150 hours of unpaid work and 12 months of supervision as a direct alternative to custody, due to having spent a lengthy period on remand.
He was also ordered to pay their victim £750 compensation.
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