Dad had jaw shattered when he was attacked by gang in Carluke town centre

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A dad had his jaw shattered when he was attacked by a gang in Carluke town centre.The man had gone to Rankin Gait after being told his stepson could be in trouble, Airdrie Sheriff Court was told.He was then knocked unconscious under a hail of kicks and punches and stabbed with a piece of metal as he lay on the ground.Three Carluke men - John Gault, 24, of Lanark Road, Stephen Kelly, 28, of Lowriehall Gate, and Alexander Sirrell, 34, of Roseneath Gardens - and Shaun Thorpe, 28, of Kelvin Gardens, Hamilton, admitted assaulting the man to his severe injury on May 25, 2023.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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All but Kelly were on bail for other matters at the time.Kevin Morrow, prosecuting, said the victim went to the area between 8pm and 9pm after a phone call informing him that his stepson “might be in some trouble”.Mr Morrow told the court: “He arrived to find a group of males around his stepson.“The man asked them what had happened and a fight broke out.

He was knocked to the ground and Gault, Thorpe and Kelly then inflicted numerous kicks to his head and body whereby he was rendered unconscious.“While still on the ground he was approached by Sirrell who struck him twice on the head with a piece