A THUG who fractured a man’s eye socket with one punch in a pub attack has been ordered to pay £1500 in compensation. Neil McLaughlin, 38, turned on Niall Rodden, 38, at The Penny Farthing in Glasgow’s Cathcart on January 6 2019. McLaughlin, a rough caster, approached Mr Rodden from behind and struck him to the face.
READ MORE: The victim fell and hit his head off the brass footrest at the bottom of the bar. McLaughlin pleaded guilty at Glasgow Sheriff Court to the assault to Mr Rodden’s severe injury and impairment. Sheriff Ian Fleming tagged McLaughlin, of the city s Gorbals, for five months keeping him indoors between 8pm and 5am.
Hampden Park A CELTIC fan hurled sectarian abuse at police after last season s Scottish Cup final. Lewis Anderson hurled the abuse at the officers protecting the Celtic bus after it left Hampden Park on December 20 last year. The 19-year-old s tirade included branding officers “f ing pigs” and “dirty orange b s.”
READ MORE: Anderson pleaded guilty at Glasgow Sheriff Court to behaving in a threatening or abusive manner aggravated by religious prejudice. He was part of a crowd of 300 Celtic fans cheering the team who were leaving the stadium. No fans were permitted entry to the cup final - which Celtic won on penalties - due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The SNP is the only party to have secured a majority in the 22-year history of the Scottish Parliament and - given polling over the past year - is hoping to repeat the feat.
In doing so, it had hoped to reinvigorate the campaign for a second referendum on Scottish independence, having pledged to launch an 11-point roadmap if a majority was secured.
And despite Ms Sturgeon s failure to win an outright majority she immediately called for another referendum claiming it was the will of the country .
Last year polls began to detect a surge in the number of Scots backing independence, with many showing a majority in favour of leaving the UK for the first time in years, but more recent surveys have suggested support has declined.
Boris Johnson has set himself on course for a constitutional clash with Nicola Sturgeon if she pushes ahead with plans for a second Scottish independence referendum - which the PM has called irresponsible and reckless .
Counting continues in the Scottish parliamentary contest, with the SNP leader s hopes of achieving a majority on a knife edge, after a poll predicted the party could miss out by just one seat.
But it is still highly likely the SNP will win its fourth term in power at Holyrood, and Ms Sturgeon said when the time is right she will offer Scots the choice of a better future in a second independence referendum.