Machete attack thug jailed for almost two years after permanently disfiguring victim
Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.A thug who attacked another man with a machete has been jailed for nearly two years.Ryan Canning’s victim suffered a broken wrist as well as wounds to his arm.Canning, 27, a prisoner, was sentenced at Hamilton Sheriff Court on Friday.He admitted assaulting Mark McGeechan to his severe injury and permanent disfigurement in Range Street, Motherwell, on August 7.Rebecca Clark, prosecuting, said the pair had an argument in the street before Canning disappeared into Woodside Tower.Ms Clark told the court: “He returned with an item held behind his back.“Canning was shouting and produced what Mr McGeechan described as a machete from behind his back and took it