A thug who scarred a delivery driver amid a row over a kebab avoided jail today.

Kenneth McDowall, 32, struck Abas Shaban, 33, at his flat in Glasgow's Scotstoun on June 25, 2020.

Mr Shaban mistakenly delivered a £9.40 kebab to McDowall who wrongly accepted it.

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The victim went back once the error was discovered only be to be hit to the head and chest with a baton.

Mr Shaban was later treated at hospital where he received six stitches to his head and also suffered nerve damage to his finger and bruising to the body.

McDowall denied assaulting Mr Shaban to his severe injury and permanent disfigurement at Glasgow Sheriff Court.

He also pleaded not guilty to a separate charge of having a baton in a public place without a reasonable excuse or lawful authority.

But he was convicted by a jury following a two-day trial.

Sheriff Tony Kelly slapped a tag on McDowall for six months keeping him indoors between 7am and 7pm.

He was also put under supervision for three months.

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The court heard from Mr Shaban who stated in evidence that McDowall said "Thank you" when he gave him the delivery.

He said: "When I got back to the shop, they contacted me to say that the order was not received by the customer.

"I said that I had delivered the order but I reviewed what happened and realised I delivered the food to the wrong person in the building."

Mr Shaban went back to McDowall's flat after he delivered a new kebab to the real customer.

He stated: "I asked him why he received the wrong order and why he did not remind me.

"He swore at me and closed the door and as I was going to my car he followed me with a police stick."

Prosecutor Heather Naismith asked what happened after that.

Mr Shaban replied: "He hit me - I was talking to him, trying to protect myself and he hit me first on my chest.

"Then he hit me on my head."

The witness added that he was only hit on two occasions and it caused him to bleed.

His police statement read to the jury stated that he also cut his finger after initially grabbing part of the extended baton.

The witness went to hospital where he received a CT scan and five stitches to a head wound.

Mr Shaban added that it took two weeks to heal and scar remains while nerve damage to his finger lasted for six months.

The witness claimed that he still receives sore heads which last "for days."

He said: "Since I was assaulted, I have been careful with people - when people approach me, I think they are going to hit me."

David McCaig, defending, stated: "You went to Mr McDowall's house, not to get the cold kebab, it was to confront him about his behaviour which cost you time and money.

"His lack of intellect comes into it that someone in his position would try and explain to you that a friend ordered it in kindness and he had a kebab delivered to him then he ate it?"

Mr Shaban replied: "He said he gave the order to the right person and when I asked him who this was, he swore at me and closed the door."