A soccer hooligan who chewed a bit off a pensioner’s ear after a match between Glasgow Rangers and Celtic was jailed at present for 2 years.

Alistair Mackay, 53, pounced on Steven Brown, 67, in Glasgow metropolis centre on September 3, 2023, after the derby conflict, generally known as the Outdated Agency recreation, which had been performed earlier at Rangers’ house stadium of Ibrox.

Celtic received and the match 1-0 however fan Mackay, who had earlier watched the sport in a pub, acquired concerned in an altercation with a person in a Rangers high.

This was separated by Mr Brown who was then attacked by Mackay who bit his ear through the melee, GlasgowLive reviews. 

Mackay pled responsible at Glasgow Sheriff Courtroom to assaulting Mr Brown to his extreme harm and everlasting disfigurement.

Sheriff Tom Hughes mentioned that the matter was linked to a “deadly mixture” of alcohol being taken, a person being left together with his ear bitten off and “mayhem brought on within the metropolis centre.”

The sheriff added: “It have to be abundantly clear to wise minded those who this was completely and totally unacceptable and shouldn’t be tolerated on this metropolis.

“I’m conscious that this weekend there will probably be one other match with individuals being badly injured which is able to trigger issues for individuals such as you turning up earlier than a decide for a critical sentence – for what? A soccer match.

“A transparent message has to exit from the courts that this conduct is not going to be tolerated and will probably be taken significantly. The one attainable approach to cope with this because of the critical nature of the offence is custody.”

Mackay was additionally banned from attending soccer matches for 5 years.

The courtroom earlier heard that Mackay, with two associates, had watched the sport and drank in The Barras and Service provider Metropolis areas of the town. The trio had been strolling to Glasgow Central practice station after they got here throughout Mr Brown and his buddy who had been strangers.

The pair heard a disturbance and noticed Mackay and his associates in a bodily altercation with a younger man sporting a Rangers high. Mr Brown went to separate the struggle and tried to tug Mackay away.

Prosecutor Jenny Reid mentioned: “Mr Brown was then concerned in a wrestle with Mackay and each fell to the bottom. Mr Brown didn’t really feel any ache or strain to his ear at the moment.

“Nonetheless, there was nobody shut sufficient to him which might have brought on the harm to his left ear.”

A witness pulled Mackay off Mr Brown who was bleeding profusely from his ear. Miss Reid added: “A piece of his ear gave the impression to be lacking.”

The sufferer later attended hospital the place he was discovered to have “full thickness tissue lack of his left ear from the helix to the lobe.”

The wound was closed and he was launched from hospital the subsequent day. Meantime, Mackay and his associates walked to Glasgow Central station.

Miss Reid mentioned: “As he handed the Grant Arms pub, he was in possession of a bit of Mr Brown’s ear in his proper hand.”

Mackay, of East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, turned himself in a month later following a media enchantment. Ross Yuill, defending, informed the sentencing that his shopper is unlikely to be in courtroom once more.