A man who assaulted his sister, “bouncing” her head off a close floor as he repeatedly punched her, has been jailed for 14 months.
Donald Skene, 37, will then be supervised for a year upon his release.
Dundee Sheriff Court heard the thug also kicked Shona Skene repeatedly whilst wearing steel toecapped boots.
He then walked off, leaving his victim lying in the communal close covered in blood while neighbours phoned an ambulance.
Fiscal depute Vicki Bell, told the told Ms Skene, 42, was staying with one of her brother’s neighbours in the flat above his on Malcolm Street at the time of the offence.
She said Skene knocked on his neighbour’s door and began shouting at his sister, before leaving when asked to do so.
The fiscal said: “Around 10 minutes later the complainer and neighbour left the flat and went in to the communal close to smoke a cigarette.
“The accused then came up the stairs and grabbed the complainer by the hair. He began to repeatedly punch her on the face.
“The complainer threw herself to the ground, fearing the accused would throw her down the stairs.
“Whilst she was on the floor of the communal close, the accused repeatedly kicked her on the head and repeatedly punched her on the head. He was wearing steel toe-capped boots at the time.”
Skene kicked and punched Ms Skene numerous times during his “unprovoked” attack.
The neighbour later told police Ms Skene’s head was “bouncing off the floor and the close wall” and that she tried to pull Skene off his sister.
However, Skene continued his assault until another neighbour heard shouting and came out of his flat and dragged him away.
Skene, a prisoner at Perth, admitted assaulting Ms Skene to her injury and permanent disfigurement on December 23 2013.
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