JUSTICE was finally delivered today over the death of a Scot who was kicked to death on the first day of his holiday in the Canaries.

Brian Hobbs, 52, was murdered two years ago in an unprovoked attack as he snoozed at an outside table at a pub on the island of Fuerteventura.

Mr Hobbs, from Cambuslang, had arrived in Fuerteventura only a few hours earlier and had been drinking heavily due to a fear of flying.

It was his first trip without his wife, who was chronically ill and whom he had been nursing for 24 years.

He died at the scene with every bone in his face broken, multiple skull fractures and internal bleeding.

Today the Spaniard who murdered him was jailed for 15 years.

Hamed Mohamed Hamed, 33, from the Spanish enclave of Melilla in north Africa, punched and kicked Mr Hobbs to death in May 2006.

A jury of nine last week found him guilty, rejecting his plea he was temporarily mentally deranged after drinking at least 12 whiskies and taking cocaine before he attacked Mr Hobbs.

The jury's verdict meant prosecution and defence lawyers had to amend a plea deal which would have seen Hamed jailed for only 12 years. Instead they agreed on 15 years - the minimum sentence for full murder under Spanish law.

In his written sentence, the judge ruled that Hamed was guilty of murder as opposed to homicide, which in Spain covers manslaughter.

He said the way he attacked Mr Hobbs - knocking him to the ground when he was asleep and then repeatedly punching and kicking him - "directly ensured death".

The judge also ruled Mr Hobbs was given no chance to defend himself and the attack was "without any justification whatsoever and without any argument or provocation".

The court was told that Hamed had been drinking and playing billiards in the pub before attacking Mr Hobbs.