A man who launched a wild attack on two men with a glass bottle of Buckfast on-board a train has been jailed for 12 years, following a British Transport Police investigation.

Thomas Craig, 48, of Walton Street in East Renfrewshire, appeared at Glasgow High Court yesterday (12 January) and was sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment with an extension period of three years of supervision upon his release.

He had been found guilty of Attempted Murder and Serious Assault on 28 November following a four-day trial at Glasgow High Court.

The court heard how on 16 February 2024, Craig was intoxicated on a train from Glasgow Queen Street to Perth when he began speaking to other passengers on the train who were sat across the aisle from him.

Within ten minutes of the conversation beginning he hurled an insult at a victim, before suddenly launching an attack where he jumped from his seat and hit the victim twice over the head with a glass bottle.

The victim ran away through the train carriage, but Craig pursued him and continued to relentlessly strike him with the bottle until it smashed, leaving Craig holding the broken neck of the bottle.

The victim’s friend tried to intervene but was attacked himself when Craig turned and punched him seven times before he twice thrusted the broken neck of the glass bottle into his chest.

Craig then returned to his seat, throwing the neck of the bottle towards where the victims had been sat. He then grabbed one of the victims’ phones and pocketed it.

He walked down the train before taking off his blood-soaked jumper, replacing it with a clean hoodie from his belongings.

Police and paramedics met the train at Larbert railway station where both victims were treated for their injuries before being urgently taken to hospital, and Craig was arrested on the train by officers.

The injuries to the second victim were so severe he was placed into intensive care, having suffered a stab wound close to his heart, a collapsed lung, and a severed artery that resulted in him losing around 15% of his blood.

BTP Detective Inspector Marc Francey said: "I am extremely pleased with the result the court has handed down today - Craig acted with mindless aggression that day, attacking his two victims over a minor disagreement.

“His indiscriminate and thuggish actions could have resulted in far more severe consequences, and he will now face the consequences and spend the next 12 years behind bars. It is thanks only to luck and to the lifesaving work of the paramedics that Craig hasn’t been found guilty of something far worse.

“I hope this sentence brings a measure of closure to the victims and their families after such a brutal attack. Violence on the railway is utterly unacceptable, and we will relentlessly pursue offenders like Craig to ensure they face justice.”