Get the latest Scottish crime and courts news sent straight to your inbox with our daily Criminal Record newsletter A thug has been jailed for a savage early morning weapon attack over an argument on social media.
Kalvin Boyd left his victim covered in blood, nursing six broken ribs and having to spend three days in hospital after the metal pole and baseball bat attack.
Boyd, 27, had an online row with a man named Andrew Farquhar, 28, last October. Just a few hours later, at 12.45am, the thug and a handful of other yobs stormed Farquhar's home in Kilwinning, North Ayrshire.
Farquhar, his brother, Mark Tierney, and their mum, Isabella Farquhar, 67, were asleep at the time.And Mr Tierney, 45, ended up being hospitalised after being set upon
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