Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A street drinker battered a man over the head with a glass bottle during a rammy at notorious troublespot off Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.Graham Ferguson left his victim bleeding heavily after launching the vicious attack in Hunter Square.The 52-year-old appeared at the city’s sheriff court on Tuesday and admitted a charge of assaulting the unidentified man to his injury.Ferguson claimed the man had earlier been aggressive and brandished a knife at him.Hunter Square in the city’s Old Town built up a reputation over the years for attracting street drinkers and occasional violence.Fiscal depute Heather Carmichael said the incident had occurred at around 9.40pm.
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