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Man helped mop up blood after hitting victim’s artery during ashtray attack

Liam Carmichael brutally assaulted a man with an ashtray.
Liam Carmichael brutally assaulted a man with an ashtray.

A man who helped mop up the blood of his victim after he viciously attacked him with a glass ashtray has been jailed.

Liam Carmichael, 26, viciously assaulted the man at a house in Aberdeen in a frenzied attack that saw the victim lose four pints of blood.

Aberdeen Sheriff Court heard Carmichael struck the man twice across the face with a glass ashtray and the glass severed arteries in his head.

Carmichael’s solicitor claimed his client helped stem the bleeding with his jacket due to becoming “concerned” about the significant amount of blood the man was losing.

Accused was ‘shocked and concerned’ following attack

Fiscal depute Dylan Middleton told the court that at around 5am on May 1 this year Carmichael turned up at the Wingate Place home of a friend and chatted to the men inside.

Carmichael eventually left but returned later claiming that he had just been robbed – and he then left once again.

At around 8am, Carmichael returned to the house via the back door and was demanding entry.

Mr Middleton said: “The accused and another male then began arguing with the complainer – the accused grabbed hold of him and a struggle ensued.

“The accused then pushed the complainer backwards onto a sofa and struck him twice on the head with a glass ashtray.”

‘Considerable amount of blood’

The court heard the man suffered a deep laceration to his face as a result of the assault, which was bleeding heavily.

Mr Middleton said the attack also left a “considerable amount of blood” within the living room of the flat.

When Carmichael’s victim was taken to the hospital, having suffered severed arteries in his face, and lost four pints of blood.

Carmichael pleaded guilty to one charge of assault by striking his victim with an ashtray to the face.

He also admitted a further charge of assaulting his girlfriend earlier that night by placing her in a headlock and striking her head.

His girlfriend managed to break free and had to hide in a shop in order to ensure her safety.

‘He’s terrified of becoming a long-term prisoner’

Defence agent Iain Hingston told the court that Carmichael, who has served time in prison for similar offences, helped mop up his victim’s blood with his jacket following the ashtray attack.

He said: “He assisted with the complainer’s injuries and his jacket became extremely blood stained.

“He was using towels and his own jacket to assist at that point – he was shocked and concerned afterwards.

“He realises he has wasted years of his young life in prison and does not want that to be his future – he’s terrified of becoming a long-term prisoner.”

Sheriff Moray McLaughlin told Carmicheal: “I’m not going to make you a long-term prisoner”.

She then sentenced Carmichael, whose address was given as HMP Grampian, to a total of 28 months in prison.

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