Jordan Jackson took offence at Thomas Baxter’s claims that folk from Renfrewshire’s biggest town were untouchable to those from elsewhere in the county.

So he took the glass tumbler he was drinking from and ploughed it into the back of Baxter’s head twice, leaving him needing eight stitches.

Paisley Sheriff Court heard this week that Jackson and pal Jamie Alexander were at a house party in the town’s Argyle Street in October last year.

The pair sank drinks at Samantha Clark’s house in the town, which is just a short walk from the University.

Baxter arrived with his pal Darren Hendry and, the court heard, the pair were drunk when they turned up.

Bob Kerr, defending, told Sheriff Colin Pettigrew that Baxter and Hendry only got into the party by chance and that the host feared their arrival spelled trouble.

He explained that the block of flats had “a dodgy door entry” and that Baxter and Hendry had got into the close and then in to the party.

The lawyer said: “Samantha Clark indicated the complainer and friend Darren Hendry came to the house.

“Thomas Baxter only got in because they were allowing Darren Hendry in.

“She was worried and told both that there wasn’t to be any trouble or nonsense from them.

“She said in her statement, ‘I had a gut feeling that something was gonna happen’.” Kerr said that Baxter and Hendry started acting like hard men, with Baxter telling Jackson and his pal Jamie Alexander, who are both from Johnstone, and the other revellers: “No one messes wae Paisley boys.” He added: “One of the two boys, Darren and Thomas, I think it was Thomas, kicked a bottle out of the hand of Mr Alexander, who was sitting on the couch with Jordan Jackson.

“He grabbed him, Jordan Jackson went to help and all four ended up rolling on the ground, wrestling and fighting.

“Jordan Jackson had a glass tumbler in his hand when this started which he used in the course of the whole incident.” He said that Jackson had been “defending” Jamie Alexander and was “trying to get the other boy off” him.

Douglas Hamilton told the court that 22-year-old Baxter first knew he was under attack when he heard glass smashing and the feeling of Jackson driving the glass into the back of his head.

The police were called and, when officers arrived at the scene, they could see that both Baxter and Jackson were injured.

They were both taken to Paisley’s Royal Alexandra Hospital to receive treatment for their injuries.

Baxter had three wounds, a u-shaped cut, a vertical cut and a small laceration, needing a total of eight stitches to seal them.

Jackson had a cut on his finger that needed three stitches and, whilst at the hospital, the yob kept up his thuggish antics by attacking two cops.

The court heard he booted Constable Alasdair Whitelaw on the body, before kicking Constable Chris Allen on the head and kneeing him in the face.

Jackson admitted three assault charges when he appeared in court this week.