A man is facing jail after beating a teenager senseless with a weightlifting bar.
Gary Kelly, 49, hit 19-year-old Dylan Wilson "at least five times" with the bar until Mr Wilson lost consciousness in the incident in Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, Stirling Sheriff Court was told.
The court heard the attack occurred at a flat in Kersiebank Avenue, Grangemouth, occupied by Mr Kelly's girlfriend.