Two men have admitted carrying out an unprovoked and vicious assault on a Polish cleaner with a mop handle in Aberdeen.
Keith Porter, 21, and George Stewart, 24, dragged Jaroslaw Janeczek from his car and subjected him to a relentless and brutal attack in the Torry area in July.
Porter plead guilty to attempted murder and Stewart admitted assault to severe injury at the High Court in Glasgow on Friday.
Mr Janeczek, 39, suffered “severe and extensive internal injuries” during the attack after he had a three foot wooden pole kicked inside him until it was hidden inside his body.
He was attacked by Porter as he went to fetch his house keys from his car in the early hours of July 11 – with Porter telling Stewart that Mr Janeczek had earlier kicked his dog.
Mr Janeczek was punched and stamped on by Porter while Stewart hit him with the car door and landed blows on his body.
Porter then grabbed items such as a mop and brushes from the boot of the cleaner's vehicle and "whipped and stabbed" their victim with the implements.
Porter then lowered the man's trousers and forcibly inserted a wooden stick - thought to be a mop or brush handle - into him before the pair fled, leaving him for dead.
The victim required massive surgery after the piece of wood was found completely hidden in his body.
It had penetrated the stomach and liver although fortunately narrowly missed his heart. His chest had to be cut open and the wood had to be sawn for it to be removed.
The court was told that without surgical intervention, Mr Janeczek would have died.
The prosecution added that the wood must have been "kicked or stamped" into Mr Janeczek.
The court was told the victim was left badly scarred, but luckily made an "unremarkable recovery" although has since required further surgery.
It emerged on Friday that Porter was sentenced to probation two days before this attack for an assault.
In 2006, he was also locked up for three and a half years after being convicted of a charge of assault to severe injury.
The court heard Porter claimed a friend of the victim had threatened to burn his house down and that the accused was concerned as he had previously lost relatives in a fire.
Stewart's QC Ian Duguid said the thug was "appalled" at the violence used and was not aware of the brutality of the attack until police told him.
Judge Lord Turnbull remanded the duo in custody and deferred sentencing until December 17 for reports.
