A man who was left with brain damage after being attacked in the street has thanked medics who saved his life.
James MacMartin, 47, was on his way home from a funeral when he was set upon by thug Connor Campbell, 21, and brutally assaulted.
The lorry driver was subjected to a tirade of punches and kicks before being thrown on to a busy road into oncoming traffic.
He avoided being struck by any vehicle, but his jaw was shattered and he suffered three blood clots to the brain after being struck on the ground several times.
He also had two metal plates inserted into his lower jaw following the attack on Dumbarton Road in the Partick area of Glasgow last September.
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His life was saved due to the swift response of a Scottish Ambulance Service crew, manned by paramedics Nikki Webster and Lynne Ruthven, who arrived on the scene within minutes to give him emergency medical attention.
James, of Glasgow, has now been reunited with the pair as he revealed details of the attack for the first time.
He said: "I was in a public bar. Earlier in the day, I had been to a pal's funeral in Maryhill. I went back to the pub where the wake was held.
"I left about 9pm that evening, just to go home.
"I had finished my pint, and after leaving the pub, I was walking at the corner of Dumbarton Road and Peel Street, and was at the junction, when I was seriously assaulted by someone.
"It was just random, he was in the pub previously and left about 15 minutes before I left. I was walking home, and had just come around the corner.
"He started to punch and kick me while I was on the ground. He was punching me in the head."
In January, Campbell was jailed for 28 months at the High Court in Glasgow after admitting assaulting to his severe injury and to the danger of his life under provocation.
The court heard they had a row in the pub shortly before the attack which judge Lord Burns described it as a "serious assault which was devastating for the victim."
After Nikki and Lynne, along with another crew member, assessed his injuries, James was rushed to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow.
He had an emergency operation before spending three days in the hospital's Intensive Care Unit and a further two weeks in hospital.
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After returning home, he has since been recovering "very, very slowly", including attending sessions at the Brain Injury Clinic in Glasgow.
Since the assault, James has had his licence revoked by the DVLA, given the severity of his brain injury. He is considering now becoming a paramedic.
He said: "I don't remember a thing about the assault. I remember finishing a pint, and the next thing I remember is waking up in hospital.
"Once I was out of Intensive Care, people in the pub came and told me what had happened.
"I was disgusted, it was very scary. I was told by the nurses as well they did not think I was going to make it through the night, I was in a bad state. I was really in a bad, bad way. I was full of drugs from the ambulance crew."
James said the ambulance crew "saved my life that day".
He added: "I don't think in their line of work they get the opportunity to receive thanks for what they do.
"If they did not get me to hospital quickly it could have been different - that made a difference, without a doubt.
"I know it's their job, but they were fantastic I will be forever grateful."
James also thanked the surgeon who performed his operation and dental surgeon who inserted two metal plates into his lower jaw.
