THUG'S DEMO KNIFE ATTACK ON STUDENT

Drunken blade yob is caged for 22 months

- ALEXANDER LAWRIE

A DRUNK thug left a student with a horror six-inch slash wound on his face at a pro-Palestinian protest.

Thomas McKenzie launched the knife attack on Ben Law while the Edinburgh University student was at the political rally in George Square.

McKenzie, 37, confronted a group of protesters where he shouted racial slurs and performed Nazi salutes before he was challenged about his behaviour.

He then pulled a blade from his pocket and slashed Ben across the face, leaving the third-year philosophy and politics student with a bloody gash from mouth to ear.