A thug was this week jailed for 3 years and 4 months for attacking and injuring two ladies at addresses in Bridge of Allan.
John Jallil had admitted assaulting one lady at an handle within the city’s Carsaig Courtroom on June 12, 2021, to her extreme damage, and assaulting the opposite lady, at a neighbouring handle, to her damage.
The 31-year-old, of Gillespie Terrace, Previous Plean, had repeatedly struck one lady on the physique with a knife and sat astride her and struggled whereas holding the knife.
Jallil had repeatedly struck the neighbour on the pinnacle with a brick.
He appeared at Stirling Sheriff Courtroom on Wednesday for sentence by way of videolink from Low Moss jail.
The court docket heard that the lady within the knife assault sustained 5 cuts to her left arm.
Jallil’s lawyer instructed the court docket that a health care provider’s report ready for the court docket pointed to Jallil having occasional paranoia - and that alcohol had exacerbated this. Alcohol had been a “important issue” within the assaults which had not been deliberate and have been “completely impulsive”.
The girl within the knife assault had been a relative, however Jallil didn't know the opposite lady in any respect.
His lawyer mentioned Jallil had expressed remorse and had proven “some perception into the affect on the victims”.
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Sheriff Derek Hamilton instructed Jallil that the costs on the indictment have been very severe ones, noting that after having struck the lady with the knife she needed to wrestle to get the weapon from him, and it was lucky that the accidents weren't extra extreme.
He described the issues as “extraordinarily regarding” however added that he accepted that Jallil had proven some regret.
Jallil additionally had a legal report - a few of that involving violence in the direction of cops.
Sheriff Hamilton instructed Jallil that there was no various to a custodial sentence including: “It needs to be a prolonged one.”
Within the circumstances it was acceptable to impose a five-year jail time period. Nonetheless, since Jallil had tendered an early responsible plea he discounted the sentence to one among 40 months’ imprisonment backdated to July 13 when Jallil had been remanded in custody.