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Lanarkshire man in coma after being stabbed multiple times in neighbour noise row

A woman tried to kill a man after storming up to a neighbour's home to complain about noise.

Gayle Logan left Keiron Llewellyn in a coma after the stabbing at the block in Coatbridge, then later insisted she was the victim and had no idea how he was badly hurt.

But, the 48-year-old is now behind bars having been convicted of attempted murder after a trial at the High Court in Glasgow. She is due to be sentenced next month.

The attack occurred at the flats in Pentland Court in February 2021. Logan's neighbour Ameigh Donaldson had a number of people at her home that night including victim Keiron.

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Ameigh later went to bed, but was wakened by "banging" and a "commotion". The witness added it then seemed as if "someone was coming through the door."

She told jurors she was soon aware of Keiron badly injured she said: "He was bleeding a lot. It looked like the blood was squirting out."

Ameigh telephoned Logan to see if he knew what had happened in their block.

Logan then told the young woman: "He has just bottled me and I stabbed him."

The thug also warned if a distressed woman in the background did not "shut up" she would "come up for her as well".

Ameigh: "She said that if we told the police anything that something would happen.

"I do not really know how I felt. I was more shocked than anything else."

In his evidence, Keiron - who appeared at one stage to be on the verge of tears - denied attacking Logan.

Referring to Logan in the dock, he stated: "She cannot even look at me."

The court heard Keiron suffered a number of stab wounds resulting in a collapsed lung.

Jurors were told there was no "noise" when Logan came to the door that night.

But, she claimed there was "shouting, screaming and loud music" adding she was "really anxious" as she went up to ask her neighbours to be quiet.

Logan told jurors Keiron allegedly struck her "straight away" with a bottle after opening the door to her.

Her lawyer Geoffrey Forbes asked her: "What did you do?"

She replied: "I tried to fight back. I tried to punch him."

Logan claimed there was then a "struggle" before she managed to get away back to her flat.

Mr Forbes: "Keiron Llewellyn alleges that you had a weapon in your hands - silver pair of scissors or a silver knife.

"Did you have any weapon in your possession?"

Logan: "None."

Listing the victim's injuries, the defence advocate the put to her: "Do you know how he got any of these?"

She replied: "No, I do not."

Quizzed why she had not made a complaint to police about apparently being attacked, Logan claimed she did not want to "antagonise the situation any more".

Logan, who latterly lived elsewhere in Coatbridge, had been on bail, but was remanded by Judge Simon Collins KC pending sentencing on August 1 in Stirling.

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