A police officer had to give a front line after he was brutally attacked by a gang of wild young people.
The drunk crowd – then between 14 and 20 years old – turned PC Stuart Rochead after accidentally met one of them in his car.
The officer was beaten, kicked, beaten with glass bottles and thrown with rocks and stones before he was left for death in the shocking attack.
Two of the gangs were subject to a combined 20 bails order on time and also on evening clocks to keep them at home at night.
A judge heard that the officer was so seriously struck that he must give in the Force Frontline police after 19 years.
Four of the criminals have now admitted their role in the shocking attack that took place at the Blantyre train station in Lanarkshire last March 30.
Lauren Neary, now 18, and Robert Faululds, 20, committed to an attempted murder at the Supreme Court in Glasgow.
Alec Fallon, 19, and an now 16 -year -old boy – who cannot be identified because of his age – admitted that he was attacking Mr. Rochead, 44, on his serious injury, permanent malformation and disorders and for the danger of his life.
Lauren Neary at the Supreme Court in Glasgow, where she pleaded guilty for her share in a horrible attack on a police officer outside Duty outside Blantyre Train Station
All four were abandoned by Lord Arthurson next month awaiting the conviction.
The four had been part of a noisy crowd that caused difficult and annoying passengers in a train shortly before the attack.
They got out in Blantyre around 9 p.m., the same time that MR Rochead drove into the station to drop off his daughter.
Public Prosecutor Kath Harper KC said that the gang 'did not make any effort' to get out of the way of his car and he 'cut' one of them with his wing mirror at low speed.
Shortly after he had dropped off his daughter, the group would have become aggressive and surrounded his car.
He got out and tried to talk to them, but was hit in the face before the gang started kicking and beating the car.
MR Rochead stopped briefly at 100 meters away to repair his wing mirror while three of the gang ran to him armed with bottles and a shelf made of wood.
He tried to escape to a friend's house who lived near the station, but was chased by the gang and hit.
Fallon then pushed the victim to the ground before he repeatedly kicked him.
Faulds walked upstairs and hit MR Rochead on the head with a glass bottle.
Part of the gang then threw stones and boulders at the Lord Rochead.
The Depute lawyer explained: 'Neary was above his head and, with some effort, lifted a big rock, threw it with force on his head while he was immobile.
“Mr. Rochead moved his body slowly at the last minute while the rock was fallen.
“It hit him on the side of the head and he dropped to the floor.”
The gang finally left – not to give him if their victim was still alive or was dead.
The court was told that Neary said: 'I think I just killed him. I'm not going to lie. '
Mr. Rochead succeeded in getting on the feet to warn a resident to help him.
Glasgow High Court
He was rushed to the hospital where he underwent an operation of three hours to rebuild his nose. A metal plate was also inserted into his face and he needed more than 30 stitches for a number of wounds.
His injuries have left him for life and he has no feeling on part of the left side of his face, under his right eye and his upper lip.
The avid sportsman can no longer participate in the Hapkido martial art in which he would earn his red belt.
Miss Harper said: 'He can't operate now as a response police officer or public order officer.
'He was advised by his superiors and doctors that he should never return to a front-line job, because he cannot risk injury because of the metal plate in his face.
“He continues to suffer from the lead role, dizziness and extreme fatigue.”
The court heard Fallon, of no permanent residence, already had 18 previous convictions. For unfairness, abuse and violation of peace.
At the time, he was subjected to nine different bail orders – the latter imposed on Paisley Sheriff Court only 11 days before the attack.
He was also told to stay inside every night between 7 pm and 7 am as part of the limitations.
Faululds, most recently from Paisley, Renfrewshire, shocked 10 bail orders and was also on a curfew.
Appendices, from Stonehouse, Lanarkshire, had four previous convictions with the 16-year-old bail through a sheriff three days before the attack.
Lord Arthurson postponed the conviction for reports.
