Two men have been ordered to pay compensation to their disfigured victim after they attacked him at the end of a house party.
Alexander Brown, 29, and Christopher Smith, 30, appeared in the dock at Aberdeen Sheriff Court and admitted causing severe injury and permanent disfigurement to the man.
Aberdeen Sheriff Court heard the two men attacked one of the hosts after they were asked to leave.
The pair punched and kicked their victim before throwing a bottle at him, which smashed on the ground.
As Brown and Smith continued their brutal assault, they pushed the man onto the street, causing his elbow to land on the broken glass.
Accused were ‘unhappy’ party was over
Fiscal depute Jane Spark told the court that at around 3am on January 22 last year, Brown and Smith had been at a house party on View Terrace, Aberdeen, following a night out in the centre of the city.
“The party hosts asked everyone to leave and both the accused were unhappy that the party was ending,” Ms Spark said.
“They were outside the house when the complainer attended and asked them to leave the street.
“One of the accused approached the complainer and struck him and pushed him to the ground, where both accused continued to assault him to the body while he was on the ground.”
At one point during the attack, one of the men threw a glass bottle at the host, who ducked and resulting in the bottle smashing in the street.
As Brown and Smith continued to assault the man, they again ended up on the ground with the man’s elbow making contact with the broken bottle.
As a result of his injuries, he was rushed to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.
He sustained a deep laceration to his right elbow that required internal and external stitches due to his arm muscle being cut, which will leave a scar.
Brown, a plasterer, and Smith, an offshore field engineer, pleaded guilty to one charge of assault to severe injury and permanent disfigurement.
‘Very violent behaviour’
Representing Brown, defence solicitor Ian Woodward-Nutt told the court that an altercation had occurred that night and his client had “gone to protect his friend”.
“But he accepts that in doing so he went beyond what was lawful and he accepts becoming involved – he takes responsibility for all of what happened to the complainer,” Mr Woodward-Nutt said.
Jenny Logan, defence solicitor for Smith, said: “It is clear that a lot of alcohol was consumed that night.
“My client stated that he also went to help his friend.
“It seems that this was a rather isolated incident of drunken behaviour and Mr Smith is ashamed about his involvement in this offence.”
Describing both men as “hard-working”, Sheriff Margaret Hodge told them: “It seems extraordinary that you would let something like this impact your future.
“It was very violent behaviour.”
Sheriff Hodge ordered Brown, of Crown Circle, Aberdeen, and Smith, of Hilton Street, Aberdeen, to pay a fine of £600 each and £250 compensation each to their victim.
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