Thug fined £10k for blinding cabbie in one eye
Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish crime and courts news sent straight to your inbox with our daily Criminal Record newsletter.A businessman who punched a taxi driver so hard that he lost his eye and his false teeth flew out has been slapped with a £10,000 compo order.Martin Reilly, 37, from Paisley, thumped Robert Collins, 46, on the head at The Stand comedy club in Glasgow’s West End on August 28, 2018.Mr Collins had been warned for apparently heckling a performer at the open mic night.He was then confronted by a woman before steel business owner Reilly stepped in and struck him to the ground.Mr Collins suffered a horror injury and had to be fitted with a prosthetic eye after the attack.Reilly, of Paisley, was spared