South Lanarkshire Council has confirmed its CCTV cameras in East Kilbride Village were "not recording" when thugs carried out a brutal attack on former East Kilbride Thistle boss, Alan Paterson.
Mr Paterson was beaten so badly he lost consciousness and was left scarred for life after a gang of men attacked him and two friends in the Village last month.
The traumatic incident effectively ended his 40-year career in football, as the father-of-two struggled to come to terms with the ordeal which left him with a huge scar on his face and his young children "scared".