A DAD who had his face slashed in an unprovoked attack says he despairs his young daughter having to see his 10cm scar every day.
Handyman Alexander DeVires took a shortcut through an Edinburgh park on his way home from his sisters’ house when he was violently knifed.
The 34 year-old was beaten to the ground by two men before they took a blade to his face.
The assault came just hours before justice secretary Kenny MacAskill launched a high-profile knife crackdown at another park close by in the north of the capital.
With his four year-old daughter Honey starting school at the end of summer, Mr DeVries worries other parents will judge him for having a gash on his face.
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