The brother of a Lanarkshire dad who died after being punched by a lifelong friend has described his killer being allowed to walk free from court as "absolute madness".
Pensioner John Green smacked John Thomson twice in the face after "harmless banter", leading to him falling and hitting his head on the pavement in Lanark in July last year.
The 69-year-old, known as Jack to his friends, was rushed to hospital with a significant head injury as medics battled to save him. But his life support machine was sadly turned off three days later.
