Man jailed after smashing glass bottle in victim’s face on Aberdeen’s Union Street By Danny McKay January 31 2020, 1:21 pm January 31 2020, 1:21 pm Share Man jailed after smashing glass bottle in victim’s face on Aberdeen’s Union Street Share via Facebook Twitter Whatsapp Messenger Linkedin Email Post link https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/crime-courts/3613755/man-jailed-after-smashing-glass-bottle-victims-face-on-aberdeens-union-street/ Copy Link Aberdeen Sheriff Court A thug has been jailed after smashing a glass bottle in another man’s face. George Stewart, 35, struck his victim, 25, as he walked down Union Street at 1.40am on October 27. Depute fiscal Felicity Merson told Aberdeen Sheriff Court: “The accused started to speak to him but he couldn’t understand what he was saying.” Stewart then hit the man in the face with the bottle “without warning”, causing it to smash and leaving him with a “small cut” to his eyebrow. Keep up to date with the latest news with The Evening Express newsletter Stewart, a prisoner of HMP Grampian, pled guilty to assault to injury and also behaving in a threatening or abusive manner. Defence agent Alex Burn said: “On that particular night he was so inebriated he has no recollection of this whatsoever.” Sheriff Philip Mann jailed Stewart for 33 months. This article originally appeared on the Evening Express website. For more information, read about our new combined website.
