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Young West Lothian prisoner attacked party guest who put 'substance' under his nose

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Published date14 June 2022
Publication titleEdinburghLive (Scotland)
Owen Phillips claimed he later saw the same person smoking heroin off an identical piece of tin foil in the bathroom of the house, a court heard

He lost the rag and threatened to kill Craig Westwood before biting him on the back pushing him to the ground and repeatedly punching him on the head to his injury.

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Livingston Sheriff Court heard Mr Westwood – who was 19 at the time of the early morning assault in Livingston, West Lothian, last August – suffered a bite mark to his torso and swelling to his left eye as a result of the vicious attack.

Phillips, 21, a prisoner at Barlinnie, pled guilty on indictment to charges of assault to severe injury while on bail and breaching a bail condition by being outwith his home the same day.

His denials that he chased Mr Westwood while brandishing a machete at him causing him to fall out of a first floor window and head butting another man at the party house in Quentin Court, Dedridge, on 22 August 2021 were accepted by the Crown.

Kevin Dugan, defending, said his client, who had never taken heroin in his life, had become unconscious at the house party.

Mr Dugan told the court: "He became aware that the complainer had been placing tin foil with some substance below...

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