Blade victim wants to see his attackers jailed

By Michael MacLeod

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.

Knife thug teen PlayStation jibe on way to jail

By Michael MacLeod

A BABY-faced thug who kicked a man in the head as he lay helplessly on the ground shouted “at least I’ve still got my PlayStation” as he was led to jail yesterday.

Lewis Gosman, 17, attacked George Grant in a Morrison’s supermarket in the Gilmerton area of Edinburgh area on June 14 last year.

Gosman and a friend, who was later cleared, were arguing with the 51-year-old when his co-accused swung a shopping basket at Mr Grant, who fell over.