Thug who stabbed teenager in the neck in Lanarkshire street avoids a jail sentence

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A knife attacker who stabbed a man in the neck has avoided a custodial sentence.The victim's friend and police officers tried desperately to stem the flow of blood from his wound.Marc McGarry, 20, of Bellshill Road, Motherwell, was placed under supervision for two years at Hamilton Sheriff Court this week.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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The man who was punched recognised McGarry as they'd both attended New College Lanarkshire's Motherwell campus.John Coogan, prosecuting, said: "The accused stayed in the area for some time along with the witnesses.

Photos were taken and they chatted."Shortly after midnight [the two victims] were heading home when they met the accused again."There was a verbal exchange and McGarry punched [one of them], knocking him to the ground."[Th