Binman knocked down son's ex-best friend amid family feud

A refuse worker knocked down his son’s former best friend during an apparent feud.

Albert Glass, 61, had been going to work when a screaming man ran up to confront him near his home in March last year.

Glass had planned to ignore him until the man allegedly made a remark about his wife.

CCTV captured the father hitting the victim with his Ford Fiesta before reversing and striking him again.

Glass faces a jail term after he admitted to an aggravated assault charge at the High Court in Glasgow.

He had initially faced an attempted murder charge.

Glass had been on bail at the time for injuring the same man with a hockey stick after he had earlier been making a “nuisance” of himself in early December 2024.

Glass had got in his Ford Fiesta at his home in Bargeddie, Lanarkshire, to start a shift around 5pm on the day of the car attack.

The man spotted him and started yelling at the dad, including calling him “fat boy” and challenging him to a fight.

Prosecutor Vish Kathuria said the man then started sprinting towards the car.

CCTV captured his mum tailing him, pleading with her son: “Stop, you have a baby due next week.”

Mr Kathuria: “As [the victim] approached the car, Glass accelerated, driving the vehicle towards him and striking him before colliding with a metal fence.

“[The victim] stood up and continued to challenge Glass.

“Glass then reversed the car a short distance, accelerated again and struck him for a second time, causing him to fall.”

Glass then left the scene before the “intoxicated” victim ended up in hospital.

He suffered a fractured ankle as well as bruising, swelling and blisters.

Glass handed himself into police the next morning.

David Taylor, defending, said Glass’s son and the man had once been “best friends”.

The advocate added that a “feud” stemmed from a fight they had while Glass and his wife were on a break in Belfast. Police had to be called.

Mr Taylor: “Mr Glass and his wife had to cut short their holiday.

“They returned to find their home in a state of dishevelment.

“They did not know the rights or wrongs of it, but it was apparent that it was part of the fight.

“It is in the light of [the victim’s] attitude towards the Glass family that they went from one of friends to enemies.”

The lawyer said Glass had initially not been “particularly moved” when he spotted the man running towards him that evening until he allegedly made a “threat” to his wife, and he “lost control”.

Glass had been on bail, but he was remanded in custody by Judge Lord Matthews as sentencing was adjourned until next month in Edinburgh.