A drunken man who assaulted another to his severe injury was this week jailed for eight months and 15 days.
John Grierson was also ordered to serve 22 days of an unexpired sentence.
His victim was taken by ambulance to Borders General Hospital, suffering cuts to his forehead and eyebrow.
Grierson, 26, described as a prisoner in Edinburgh, appeared from custody at Selkirk Sheriff Court, pictured, charged on indictment with an assault to severe injury at Scott Park, Galashiels, on July 19.
At a previous hearing, prosecutor Tessa Bradley told how the offence happened near a park bench where a group of young men, including the accused, has been drinking.
The victim had been at a local pub around 6pm with a friend, who said he was meeting up with some others in the park, and the man agreed to join them. When he arrived at the park, he saw his friend with the accused and two others, and joined their company.
Ms Bradley said one of the party described the victim as “trying to show off”, adding: “He said he was being a bit of a daftie, trying to show them how to punch.”
But the prosecutor went on: “Grierson took exception to this, moved towards him and struck him on the face with an unknown glass object, causing him to stagger back.”
When the victim asked him what that was for, Grierson told him it was for “being a dickhead.” Grierson and two others then left.
Scenes-of-crime officers went to the park bench, where they found broken glass, but were unable to identify exactly what had caused the injury.
Defending, Michael Gammie said his client had suffered deteriorating mental health following an operation in May, adding: “He is assessed as a very damaged young man and would welcome any form of assistance in addressing his difficulties.”
Mr Gammie said Grierson had been drinking from a bottle when he struck the victim. The group had been drinking and the complainer had been part of the group for about an hour, with no difficulty.
“He began to show off and his behaviour was annoying the others. He then made an abusive reference to my client’s disability and it was that which prompted him to lose control and, in a spontaneous reaction, he struck him once,” explained the lawyer.
Mr Gammie asked Sheriff Peter Paterson to take account of the 98 days Grierson had spent in custody.
The sheriff told the accused: “You have a truly appalling record for violence.”
On a summary complaint, Grierson was jailed for five months – to run concurrently – after he admitted stealing 20 bottles of lager at the Spar shop, Lothian Road, Jedburgh, on November 24, and recklessly damaging property after spitting and urinating in the rear caged area of a police vehicle travelling between Jedburgh and Hawick.
Co-accused Scott Morrison, 26, of Bannerfield Drive, Selkirk, was jailed for three months and ordered to complete 22 days of an unexpired sentence after he pleaded guilty to assaulting a police constable at Lothian Road, Jedburgh, on the same date by spitting in her face.
Morrison was on an ASBO (antisocial behaviour order) at the time of the offence.