| Bottle attacker jailed for 12 years for attempted murder on train Posted by ChrisB at 17:39, 12th January 2026 |     |
Quite unbelievable really.
On the BBC or Sky News, via MSN
Thomas Craig, 48, struck a passenger twice over the head before stabbing another with the smashed neck of the Buckfast bottle during the incident on 16 February 2024.
Craig, of East Renfrewshire, was found guilty of assaulting one man to the danger of his life and the attempted murder of a second man at the High Court in Glasgow in November
At the same court on Monday, he was handed a 15-year extended sentence, with 12 years in jail and three years on licence once released back into the community.
Judge Lord Arthurson said: "On a busy train you launched an appallingly violent attack on two men who were complete strangers to you.
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Craig, of East Renfrewshire, was found guilty of assaulting one man to the danger of his life and the attempted murder of a second man at the High Court in Glasgow in November
At the same court on Monday, he was handed a 15-year extended sentence, with 12 years in jail and three years on licence once released back into the community.
Judge Lord Arthurson said: "On a busy train you launched an appallingly violent attack on two men who were complete strangers to you.
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he CCTV evidence is in the Sky News link above.
I didn't realise that Buckfast was still a drink....
