TWO women who carried out a horrific attack on a teenage boy in Johnstone that left him with a bleed to the brain and scarred for life have been jailed.

Agnes Bowers, 27, and Nora Holmes, 25, turned on their victim, who was just 17 at the time, at his Graham Street home on October 4, 2019.

He was battered with a bottle of vodka before the pair punched, kicked and stamped on his head.

Holmes also tried to write on the stricken victim’s leg with broken glass during the brutal attack.

Both women admitted assaulting the teenager to his severe injury, permanent disfigurement and danger of his life.

They were sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow today, with Holmes –said to have instigated the attack – jailed for three years and seven months, while Bowers was ordered to spend three years and one month behind bars.

Bowers will also be monitored in the community for two years after her release.

The court heard they carried out the assault because of rumours about their victim.

Prosecutor Paul Kearney said: “Holmes began an assault by smashing a vodka bottle on his head.

“She then dragged him from the couch and the two accused kicked, punched and stamped on his head, then kicked and punched him on the body.

“Holmes repeatedly struck his head off a wall.”

The crying victim pleaded with the pair to stop but the attack continued.

A witness later told police: “It looked to me like they were trying to write something on his legs with the glass.”

The living room was described as being like the scene of a “bloodbath,” with walls and furniture stained.

Officers who were called to the flat were told by Holmes that she had gone there to confront the teenager but “things got out of control.”

She said: “It’s all on me. I think I went too far, I need a lawyer.”

The victim was taken to hospital for treatment to multiple wounds to his face, body and all four limbs.

He suffered a blunt force injury which caused a bleed to the brain. Other wounds included a cut to a vein and a broken nose.

Mr Kearney added: “The wounds will leave permanent scars.

“His life was put in danger by the injuries and, without medical treatment, he would have died.”

Sentencing both women, judge Lord Burns told them: “You both assaulted this young man because of a rumour which may or may not be well founded.

“This was fuelled by a cocktail of drink and drugs and mental health problems.”

Lord Burns also told Holmes she was “the principal actor" in the attack.

He added: "You used a bottle to hit the boy and cut glass on his body – a form of torture.”

Defence counsel Louise Arrol, representing Bowers, of Roystonhill, Glasgow, said her client had “very little recollection" of the incident.

"She suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder,” added the lawyer.

Defence counsel Donna Armstrong, defending Holmes, said: “She has written a letter to the court expressing remorse. She lost control.”

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