A publican is facing jail for a brutal New Year party beating that left an SNP councillor with severe facial injuries.
Peter Hilley battered Greg Lennon after the councillor and his wife had celebrated the bells at Hilley's pub. A court heard the politician was chased, knocked to the ground then punched, kicked and stamped on.
His jaw and eye socket were shattered in the vicious attack and he underwent extensive surgery. Lennon, 44, told prosecutor Rebecca Clark his sight has been affected and, nearly three years on, he still has numbness on the side of his face.
