A man has been jailed after bottling a train passenger who tried to stop him racially abusing a woman.
Scott Ramsey was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to assault to severe injury and permanent impairment and racially aggravated harassment at Glasgow Sheriff Court.
The 31-year-old made a racially offensive comment to a 29-year-old woman as she boarded a train at Partick station in May last year.
Ramsey continued to make racist remarks and threats to the woman until another passenger, a 50 year-old man, intervened telling him to stop.
Both men exchanged words and Ramsey struck at the man in a punching motion with a bottle he had been drinking from.
The bottle connected with the man’s mouth and jaw causing him to stumble backwards.
Ramsey then tried to leave the carriage and the pair grappled before ending up out on the train platform where they were eventually separated by members of the public.
The 50-year-old man sustained significant dental damage.
British Transport Police Detective Constable Neil Adams said: “Racist and extremely violent behaviour will not be tolerated on Scotland’s railways.
“I am glad that there is some justice for the victims and that this dangerous individual has been taken off the streets.”
A man has been sentenced for a serious assault on a passenger who tried to stop him racially abusing a woman on a Glasgow train.
Ramsey was also made the subject of a 12 month supervision order.
