Scott Linton, 25, had been returning from a family party when he pounced on Steven McAllister in a lane in Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire, on March 14, 2020.
A former soldier who carried out a brutal murder bid on a stranger while on weekend leave has been locked up for five years and three months.
Judge Lord Mulholland said: "Kicking, stamping and punching on a person's head can easily result in death. You are fortunate but for the skill of the medical team you are not facing a charge of murder. I take account of your military service for this country and PTSD which has been diagnosed as well as the tragic family circumstances that have befallen you.
Prosecutor Michael Macintosh said instead of heading to the front door, the on-leave soldier instead walked down a nearby lane. It was there he met Mr McAllister, who was not known to him. Linton bizarrely claimed the man had made a jibe about a relative before adding: "I punched his c*** in." The soldier was held by police shortly after the attack. He stated to officers: "You would do the same."
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