Three callous thugs attacked a vulnerable autistic man by tattooing him and penetrating him with a glass bottle as he lay sleeping, a court was told last week.
Aaron McLauchlan, 23, and cousins Karly Donald, 23, and Keiran Donald, 24, all savagely targeted their victim during drinking sessions before sending the horror footage to friends on Snapchat. McLauchlan was filmed using a tattoo gun to permanently mark the victim's right hand while Karly Donald and Keiran Donald were recorded attacking the man with the bottle in November 2021.
McLauchlan and Keiran Donald, both from Gorebridge, Midlothian, pleaded guilty to assaulting the man on separate occasions when they appeared in the dock at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Friday. Karly Donald, from Port Seton, East Lothian, was not present in court claiming she is suffering from Covid but defending lawyer Calum Turner lodged a guilty plea to assault on her behalf.
