Bottle attack thug jailed for 12 years

A thug guilty of trying to kill a train passenger in a horror bottle attack has been jailed for 12 years.

- GRANT MCCABE

Craig was jailed for 12 years yesterday. Picture courtesy of the British Transport Police

Thomas Craig, 48, repeatedly stabbed Glenn Lennon with the smashed weapon on the Glasgow Queen Street to Perth service on February 16, 2024.

The 23-year-old victim was struck near the heart with his injuries including a collapsed lung and a severed artery. He also lost 40 per cent of his blood.

Mr Lennon was set upon after Craig initially turned on the man’s friend Aaron Nelson, 22, on the train following a minor disagreement.

Shocking footage - released by British Transport Police - showed a raging Craig leaping from his seat armed with the glass bottle.

Craig, from Barrhead, was sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow.

He had earlier been convicted of attempted murder and aggravated assault following a trial last month.