A party-goer was glassed and scarred for life in a gang attack outside a Perth shop.
The man was set upon by several men as he walked through the city’s Matalan car park on July 21 last year.
Perth Sheriff Court heard he was struck with a glass bottle, then battered as he lay on the ground.
The savage attack only ended when the gang were interrupted by a dog.
Lewis Brydon appeared via videolink and admitted his role in the assault.
The charge states the 22-year-old’s victim was left injured and permanently disfigured.
Attacked after leaving party
Fiscal depute Emma Farmer, prosecuting, said that the man had been at a flat party in the city centre during the afternoon and into the evening, drinking alcohol and smoking cannabis.
Ms Farmer said: “The victim advises that males at the party – though not the accused – had been making advances on females who did not welcome such advances.
“He made a stand to express his views about this behaviour.”
He later told police he believed this was the catalyst for the assault.
When he went to the toilet, he overhead someone outside say they wanted to put him in a chokehold.
The party-goers split into two groups when they all left the flat, with one going off to score cocaine.
“When (the victim) walked across the car park, he walked ahead of everyone else,” the prosecutor told the court.
“Unprovoked, Mr Brydon struck him to the rear of the head with a bottle, causing him to fall to the ground.
“Whilst on the ground, the complainer was repeatedly kicked and punched by several males who were largely unknown to him.”
The attack came to a halt when the group were interrupted by a dog wandering through the car park and they fled.
Permanent scarring
Just before 11pm, police were contacted by staff at a nearby hostel about the victim turning up with blood coming from his eye.
He was rushed to hospital where he was received small adhesive strips for a cut to his eyelid.
A cut to the back of his head was closed with paper stitches.
He was left with a scar above his eye.
Ms Farmer said a witness was able to identify Brydon as being involved in the assault but when arrested, he denied all knowledge of it.
Bryon pled guilty to assault, with other men.
Prosecutors accepted not guilty pleas from two other men accused of being involved, Aaron De Schafta and Zack De Schafta.
Solicitor David Holmes, defending, said: “Mr Brydon realises he should not have involved himself in this incident.”
He added: “Substance abuse has been one of the significant problems facing this young man. He wants to address this issue properly.”
The court heard he has already spent 40 days on remand.
Sheriff Robert More jailed Brydon for 190 days and told him: “I have regard to the lack of maturity you demonstrated in the commission of his offence.”
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