A MAN who nearly blinded someone by throwing a glass bottle in an Alloa pub has been fined.

Dylon Dysart appeared at Falkirk Sheriff Court on Wednesday, September 20, where he pleaded guilty to the charge of reckless conduct.

The court heard that on January 17 of this year, the accused was in Chalmers, and ran into some people that he works with who were on a separate night out.

According to the fiscal depute, at around 3am Dysart was walking out of the locus with the complainer, one of his colleagues.

Moments later, the accused threw a glass bottle he had been holding causing it to strike the man's face.

The accused ran off and heard a commotion including screams from where he had just come from.

Police attended and found the complainer with his face and hands covered in blood. The victim then told officers that it was Dysart who had thrown the bottle before going to hospital.

Later that night, Dysart contacted the complainer on Facebook and apologised; however, the conversation was passed on to police who then arrested the accused on January 19.

The 20-year-old told police: "I nailed him and I am sorry."

It was found that the complainer had a laceration to his upper eyelid and a CT scan showed a fracture to a bone in the head.

He was left with scarring to his eyelid, though it was found that there will be no damage to his vision.

Jim Savage, defending, told the court that there had been no disagreement between the pair, nor had there been any animosity before or after the event.

The complainer even told senior bosses at their place of employment that Dysart should not lose his job over the matter.

Mr Savage added that his client did not accept that he had assaulted the complainer, as was the original charge before it was amended.

Sheriff David Mundy told Dysart, of Menteith Court, Alloa, that he was lucky the victim did not lose his sight.

He was fined £750 and ordered to pay the complainer a further £750.