A thug launched a wild attack on two men with a glass bottle on board a Glasgow train.
The High Court heard how on 16 February last year, Thomas Craig was drunk on a train from Glasgow Queen Street to Perth, when he began speaking to other passengers on the train who were sitting across the aisle from him.
Within ten minutes, he hurled an insult at a one man, before suddenly launching an attack, jumping from his seat and hitting a victim twice over the head with a glass bottle.
He ran away through the train carriage, but Craig pursued him and continued to relentlessly strike him with the bottle until it smashed, leaving Craig holding the broken neck of the bottle.
The victim’s friend tried to intervene but was attacked himself when Craig turned and punched him seven times before he twice thrusted the broken neck of the glass bottle into his chest.
Craig then returned to his seat, throwing the neck of the bottle towards where the victims had been sitting.
The 48-year-old then grabbed one of their phones and pocketed it.
Craig walked down the train before taking off his blood-soaked jumper, replacing it with a clean hoodie from his belongings.
British Transport Police officers and paramedics met the train at Larbert railway station, where both victims were treated for their injuries before being urgently taken to hospital and Craig was arrested.
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The injuries to the second victim were so severe that he was placed into intensive care, having suffered a stab wound close to his heart, a collapsed lung, and a severed artery that resulted in him losing around 15% of his blood.
Craig, of Walton Street in East Renfrewshire, was found guilty of attempted murder and serious assault on 28 November, following a four-day trial.
He will return to the same court on 12 January, 2026 to be sentenced.
BTP Detective Inspector Marc Francey said: "Craig acted in a truly despicable manner, violently and relentlessly attacking two men over a minor disagreement and causing countless passengers on the train to panic.
“His indiscriminate and thuggish actions could have resulted in far more severe consequences, both for his victims and for himself. It is thanks only to luck and to the lifesaving work of the paramedics that Craig hasn’t been found guilty of something far worse.
“I hope this verdict brings a measure of closure to the victims after enduring such a brutal attack. Violence on the railway is utterly unacceptable, and we will relentlessly pursue offenders like Craig to ensure they face justice.”
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