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11.09.2023 - 14:03 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A thug who left a man brain-damaged after a horror attack has been jailed for nine years.
Ryan McKinnon, 30, brutally turned on Gary McLernon outside the victim’s home in Whitburn in the early hours of last September 21.
McKinnon - who had 46 previous convictions - had been freed just months earlier for another violent crime when he struck. Mr McLernon remains badly affected and was only discharged from a rehab service earlier this year.
McKinnon was sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow having earlier admitted to an attempted murder charge. Lord Armstrong cut the jail term from 12 years due to the guilty plea.
The judge told McKinnon: “I have carefully noted the terms of the victim impact statement. They make clear that your actions have had a devastating impact on Gary McLernon’s life.”
Prosecutor Lindsey Dalziel earlier told how a neighbour was wakened by noise around 3.30am on the morning of the attack. She looked out and clocked McKinnon on top of Mr McLernon punching into him. The woman bravely went out to try and stop the thug.
Miss Dalziel said: “This was unsuccessful, so she went back inside and dialled 999.”
While on the phone, she noticed McKinnon with a piece of wood in his hand and the victim still prone on the ground.
Miss Dalziel said: “She saw McKinnon walk over to Gary McLernon and stamp on his head several times as he lay motionless. Witnessing this, she believed him to be dead.”
The thug fled by time police arrived. Officers found the blood-soaked victim unconscious. The court heard he suffered bleeding on the brain as well as multiple fractures to his skull, nose, eye and ribs. Mr McLernon had also lost part of his right ear.
He initially remained in hospital until late October 2022 before “a
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