Uncle shot nephew with stun gun

There had been a history of bad feeling between the uncle and nephew

A man who took part in a revenge stun gun attack on his nephew has been jailed for four years and nine months.

Charles McLean, 37, attacked Stuart McLean at a house in Newmains, North Lanarkshire, in March this year.

The High Court in Edinburgh heard that Stuart McLean had run off with his uncle's former girlfriend and their daughter.

Two other men, Peter Miller, 29, and David Hamilton, 28, also admitted their part in the attack.

The court was told there had been a history of bad feeling between the two relatives, and that shortly before the stun gun attack Charles McLean had been assaulted.

Charles McLean and his two accomplices then turned up at the house in Newmains armed with weapons.

They found Stuart McLean in the bedroom and his uncle pointed the stun gun at him and pulled the trigger.

Emergency operation

Witnesses heard an electrical crackle and saw a blue light coming from the weapon.

The victim's body was seen to twitch violently every time the click of the gun was heard.

Stuart McLean was then repeatedly beaten with the stun gun, a hammer and a baseball bat.

He was taken to Wishaw General Hospital where he later lapsed into a coma and had to be transferred to the Southern General in Glasgow for an emergency operation.

Miller and Hamilton were also sentenced to four years and nine months.

The three accused, all from Newmains, had earlier admitted assaulting Mr McLean to his severe injury, permanent disfigurement and to the danger of his life.

Judge Lord Brailsford said: "This was a nasty assault."

He said all three would have been jailed for six years for the offence, but for their guilty pleas.

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