Two men have admitted dropping a sofa from an Aberdeen rooftop onto a woman who says she still suffers “pain every day” – more than a year on.
Edita Butkeviciute, 31, was left with horrific injuries after the incident at a Nail Bar where she worked in Aberdeen in December 2019.
Offshore worker Barrie Law, 27, and Lee Morrison, 33, admitted acting culpably and recklessly after the case called at Aberdeen Sheriff Court today.
Fiscal depute Felicity Merson accepted a reduced charge of the two men culpably and recklessly “dropping” a sofa from a rooftop at Nailco Nail Bar on 409 Union Street, rather than the initial accusation of “throwing” it.
The charge also stated that the action caused severe injury, permanent disfigurement and impairment to Ms Butkeviciute.
She was on a break from her work when the three-piece settee fell on top of her.
In a statement released through Digby Brown Solicitors, she revealed that more than a year on from the incident she still “cannot sit straight” for long periods of time due to metal plates in her spine.
Ms Butkeviciute has also been left unable to work.
The force of the blow knocked her out and she suffered multiple broken bones, including a fractured spine, broken thigh and broken ankle.
The incident occured on December 7 when she went out into the rear yard off Union Street.
Ms Butkeviciute said: “It’s been more than a year since my injuries and I still have metal plates in my spine.
“I’m in pain every day, cannot sit straight for longer than 40 minutes and I’m not able to go back to work.
“I am glad these two men admitted what happened so other people can learn an important lesson – people can get seriously hurt and what happened to me proves that.”
“I’ve been helped a lot by my sister-in-law and my best friend and I am grateful for their support but I would now like my privacy respected so I can focus on my physical recovery.”
Sentence on Law, of Wallford Cresent, Aberdeen, and Morrison, of Davidson Drive, Aberdeen, was deferred until May 31 2021 by Sheriff Philip Mann.