'TV drama brought back memories of my crime torment'

MSP’s admission as Adolescence grips nation

- By Craig Meighan

AN MSP has revealed that he was charged with attempted murder as a teenager.

James Dornan said the incident, which happened when he was 15, still sticks to him “like a curse”.

Speaking to The National newspaper, the 72-year-old said he was walking in Glasgow’s Battlefield in 1968 when one of his friends ran across the road and challenged two young boys.

He said he then ran over and punched one of the boys, who was later hit with a weapon by one of his friends, leaving him seriously injured.

Mr Dornan’s charge was reduced to common assault and he received a £15 fine and two years’ probation.

The MSP for Glasgow Cathcart said he decided to open up about the ordeal 57 years later due to the release of the hit Netflix drama Adolescence.

The programme follows a 13-year-old boy arrested over the murder of a young girl and the impact it has on his family.