Brute who stabbed man eight times after Orange Walk in Glasgow jailed for 18 months
A THUG who stabbed a man eight times after an orange parade has been jailed for 18 months.
George Murray, 31, attacked Jamie Reilly, 22, in Glasgow City Centre last July in broad daylight.
Murray pleaded guilty at Glasgow Sheriff Court to assaulting Mr Reilly repeatedly with a knife to his severe injury and permanent disfigurement.
The court heard Murray and his girlfriend had been following the march and then went to the Clyde walkway to sit at a busy grass area.
Mr Reilly approached the pair and was attacked shortly after a discussion.
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Prosecutor Lauren McRobert said: “Murray then attacked him for a second time and slashed his right side eight times and produced cuts.”
Mr Reilly made his way to the Euro Hostel close by and staff called 999.
Brian Fitzpatrick, defending, claimed Murray’s flat in the city's Drumchapel was attacked while he was in custody in 2016 for a separate matter.
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Murray’s girlfriend and two kids were allegedly in the flat when its windows were smashed by young men.
Mr Fitzpatrick said: “It became clear in the conversation about who knew who and that Mr Reilly had been in their garden at that time and he was far from apologetic.
“He was boasting about it and the accused sat for a while ingesting this and ‘lost it’ as he put it and attacked him.”
Sheriff Alan Mackenzie reduced Murray’s sentence from 24 months to 18 as he has pleaded guilty.
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