A murder bid pair who ran a man down on Christmas Eve have been jailed for a total of 14 years.
Danny McCallum, 22, and James Docherty, 21, drove two cars at and trapped John Hutchinson underneath one before attacking him as he was on the ground.
The pair – along with a gang – attacked their victim, kicking him and smacking him with a wheel brace.
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After a trial at the High Court in Paisley, where the men from Larkhall denied the charge, they were convicted of attempting to murder Mr Hutchinson on December 24, 2014 at Viewmount Crescent in Strathaven.
Today at the High Court in Glasgow, judge John Morris QC jailed the men for seven years each.
The men were found guilty of pursuing Mr Hutchinson in two cars and repeatedly driving the vehicles towards him at speed.
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They hit him and trapped him underneath one before attacking him, trying to kick him on the head and kicking him on the body and using a wheel brace to hit him on the head to his injury.
Defence counsel Geoffrey Forbes said there is “genuine regret and remorse” on the part of his client.
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