Teen left man permanently disfigured after 'horrific' unprovoked attack in Coatbridge town centre

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A teenager has been put under supervision for two years after a "horrific" unprovoked attack in Coatbridge town centre that left his victim permanently disfigured.Hadi Atti, 19, must also do 200 hours of unpaid community work and an electronic tagging order means he faces a four-month home curfew.He admitted assaulting a man to his severe injury and permanent disfigurement in Main Street, Coatbridge, on December 17 last year.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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The victim, who was not known to Atti, had enjoyed a night out and was walking to a taxi rank.Kevin Morrow, prosecuting, told Airdrie Sheriff Court: "Police officers in a parked vehicle saw the accused punch him twice on the head, causing him to fall and become unconscious."The assault appeared to the police officers to be completely unprovoked."As the officers approached, Atti continued with the attack while the victim lay unconscious, kicking him on the head and body, then punching him."The officers intervened and carried out first aid while waiting for an ambulance."The victim was taken to hospital where a cut to his eyebrow was stitched.

Fortunately, a neurological examination found nothing abnormal.Atti, of Garry Drive, in Paisley, has no previous convictions.Sheriff Derek Livingston said it was "a quite