Renfrew drug addict "given chance" by sheriff after punching vulnerable woman

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A Renfrew man who has been a drug addict since he was 13 years old has been “given a chance” by a sheriff after attacking a vulnerable woman and bursting her face.Brute, John Logan, 43 punched Debbie Shankland when she was waiting on her support worker to take her to a pharmacy to collect her prescription in March last year.Logan, who appeared on a BBC Panorama documentary when he was just 14 years old that showcased Paisley’s drug problem, punched Ms Shankland.The blow burst her eyebrow, causing it to bleed and her eye to swell. Don't miss the latest headlines from around Renfrewshire.

Sign up to our newsletters here. On Friday, the serial offender avoided a jail sentence and was given a chance to prove himself.Taking Logan’s troubled background into consideration, Sheriff Bruce Erroch QC said: “It would be easy for me to look at your record and just send you to jail, because that has happened frequently in your life.“But there are alternatives and I’m going to give you a chance to prove yourself here.”Fiscal depute Carly McLeod told Paisley Sheriff Court that Ms Shankland was waiting outside her Renfrew home just before 10am on March 24 last year and was waiting on her support worker when Logan approached her.Ms McLeod explained: “Ms Shankland was on Paisley Road waiting on her support worker to take her to the chemist for her prescription.“Around 10am, Ms Shankland was within her doorway when she was approached by the accused.“On seeing the accused, the witness Chambers, who is the support worker who had just arrived,