A THUG pounced on his student friend in a brutal New Year's Day attack.

Tokunbo Samuel choked the man then smacked him with a glass bottle.

The pair were at a party in the early hours of January 1 this year at the victim's student digs in Bath Street.

He was badly hurt including being left with fractured cheekbones.

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Samuel, 19, could now face a jail term after he pled guilty to assaulting his friend to his severe injury.

He will learn his fate at Glasgow Sheriff Court next month.

A hearing was told how the pair had started arguing at the flat.

Prosecutor Marie McCue said: “[The victim] pushed Samuel but he didn't react aggressively and tried to calm him down.

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“Samuel then strangled him and punched him to the face with both hands.

"He also struck him with a bottle.”

The court heard the victim was initially unable to speak due to his injuries.

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But, he still managed to identify Samuel as his attacker.

Sheriff John McCormick told Samuel: “This was an assault to severe injury involving a bottle and you are a danger to the public.”