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Convicted murderer stabbed the wrong two men after Old Firm match

A convicted murderer stabbed two men after a Celtic and Rangers match in a case of mistaken identity.

Daniel McCafferty, 37, attacked two men in Rutherglen on April 16, 2018.

The victims had earlier watched the Old Firm Scottish Cup clash together which Celtic won 4-0.

They were then set upon by a group of men - one of which was wearing a 'Hoops' top.

Both men were left with stab wounds to their bodies and little recollection of the incident.

McCafferty pled guilty last week at Glasgow Sheriff Court to assaulting the pair to their severe injury and permanent disfigurement.

The incident took place a fortnight before plasterer McCafferty ploughed into Steven Campbell, 27, with his van in Rutherglen.

McCafferty dragged his victim under the vehicle for almost half a mile after an argument about broken windows.

He was handed a life prison sentence at the High Court in Glasgow with his earliest date of parole in 2036.

McCafferty received a sentence of three years and three months for for his latest offence.

The court heard mercy crews arrived at Chapel Street with reports of a man being stabbed.

All three men were found injured and heavily intoxicated.

One of the victims later told officers that he had been watching the Old Firm match with friends and family before leaving with his friend.

Prosecutor Amy Hunter said: "He stated they were approached by a group of people who they did know.

"He recalled one of them wearing a Celtic top.

"He was thereafter attacked and remembered waking up on grass with someone holding something over a wound to his stomach to stem the bleeding."

The other victim meantime told officers that he remembered hearing shouting and later noticed that he had a wound on his right wrist.

Miss Hunter added: "He indicated he had no idea how he sustained the injury."

One of the men was treated for wounds to his face, stomach, left finger and wrist.

The second man received a wound to his wrist which required three stiches.

Miss Hunter added: "Both men will be left with permanent scarring."

Pat Campbell, defending, told the court that McCafferty was the victim of an attack that night.

The lawyer added: "It must have been near to that assault when the present victims were located and he committed these acts which he pleads guilty to.

"It is his position that for the initiation of events, he was not responsible."

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