SNP councillor left with shattered jaw after bar attack by pub landlord

A court heard the politician was chased, knocked to the ground then punched, kicked and stamped on

A publican is facing jail for a brutal New Year party beating that left an SNP councillor with severe facial injuries.

A jury at Airdrie Sheriff Court found Hilley, 57, guilty of assaulting Lennon to his severe injury and permanent impairment. The attack happened at the Big Shop pub in Glenboig, Lanarkshire, in the early hours of New Year's Day, 2020. Lennon claimed he was trying to defuse the situation and calm down Hilley whose behaviour he described as "outrageous" and "out of order".

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