Published Date:
28 March 2009
By John Robertson
A MAN who attacked a businessman, inflicting brain injuries, in the mistaken belief that he was a rapist, was jailed for five years and three months yesterday.
John Chalmers, 47, has had to "learn everything again" and step down from a senior role in his family's bakery firm in Aberdeen because of the assault.
He had become friends with Steven Macleod's sister, a woman less than half his age, and Mr Macleod thought, wrongly, Mr Chalmers had raped her.
On Christmas Day, 2007, Mr Macleod struck Mr Chalmers on the head with a length of wood. Mr Macleod, 28, of Aberdeen, admitted assaulting Mr Chalmers to his permanent impairment and the danger of his life.
The judge, Lord Uist, said: "This was a disgraceful and wholly unnecessary piece of violence with appalling and long-lasting consequences."
The full article contains 144 words and appears in The Scotsman newspaper.
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Last Updated:
27 March 2009 10:02 PM
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Source:
The Scotsman
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Location:
Edinburgh
