Second thug jailed after man attacked with bottle and machete outside tower block

Connor Reilly, 32, of Dundyvan Road, Coatbridge, was handed a 28-month stretch at Hamilton Sheriff Court.

A second thug has been jailed after a man was attacked with a bottle and a machete outside a Motherwell tower block

Connor Reilly, 32, of Dundyvan Road, Coatbridge, was handed a 28-month stretch at Hamilton Sheriff Court.

He will be under supervision for a year after his release from prison

Reilly admitted assaulting the victim to his severe injury and permanent disfigurement at Merryton Tower on May 27 last year.

Earlier this year Dean Markson, 27, was jailed for 32 months when he admitted taking part in the attack.

Reilly failed to attend court on that occasion.

The victim was walking home from the shops about 3.25pm when he was attacked.

Markson ran towards him and struck him on the head with an Eldorado wine bottle, knocking him to the ground.

He continued to inflict blows until the bottle slipped out of his hand and smashed.

Reilly then ran towards the victim, who was still on the ground, and struck him repeatedly on the head and back with a machete.

The pair left the scene in a car but police officers identified them from CCTV images.

The victim’s partner returned home to find him injured. Worried about the amount of blood he had lost, she called an ambulance.

He had a number of cuts, the most serious of which was a 5cm wound to his back that was closed with stitches.

Reilly admitted previous convictions and solicitor Rowan Myles said the fear of going back to prison had prompted him to miss the court hearing in February.

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