Men jailed after kicking and stamping seriously injured man on Aberdeen street

Two men have both been jailed for three years after taking part in an attack on a man who has since died.

John Quantrell, 72, and Perry Quantrell, 33, kicked and stamped on Leon Ironside after he was already seriously injured.

They originally were accused of attempting to murder the victim, but following an earlier trial, were convicted of assaulting the victim to his severe injury, permanent disfigurement and to the danger of his life on January 26 last year at Hayton Road, in Aberdeen.

A judge told them at the High Court in Edinburgh: “The circumstances giving rise to the incident in which you assaulted Mr Ironside remain unclear.”

Mr Ironside was injured at a flat in the street, but what happened behind the front door of the property could not be seen and “to a very significant extent remains shrouded in mystery”.

The victim suffered multiple wounds, and the seriously injured man emerged from the flat where the Quantrells could then be seen kicking and stamping on him.

Lord Harrower said the jury could not have been satisfied that either of them inflicted the initial injuries on Mr Ironside, as they deleted any reference to striking him with knives and an axe from the charge they originally faced.

The judge said he received a moving victim impact statement from the mother of Mr Ironside, who said her son suffered psychological harm following the attack.

The judge told Perry Quantrell that he has a substantial criminal record, including crimes of dishonesty and assault, as well as drugs and road traffic offences.

He told John Quantrell, a prisoner, that he too had a substantial criminal record, and the attack was committed after he was released on licence from prison.

Perry Quantrell was given a further six-month jail sentence and banned from driving for 35 months for dangerous driving.

During the incident on March 23 last year at Union Street and Union Row, in Aberdeen, he drove a car through a red light and no-entry signs.