Terrified children sobbed as they witnessed a fellow train passenger smash a bottle over another man’s head.

A fight had broken out in the carriage after an early-evening service left Motherwell, Hamilton Sheriff Court heard this week.

Patrick Vandeleur, 36, admitted assaulting a man whose identity is unknown on October 19 last year.

But it seemed Vandeleur, of Flaxmill Avenue in Craigneuk, came off worse than his victim as he required surgery for a deep wound to his hand.

Rebecca Clark, prosecuting, said the train was heading from Motherwell to Lanark around 7pm.

She told the court: “The accused became involved in an altercation with another man whose identity remains unknown. Article continues below

“The disturbance caused upset to other persons on the train and some children were

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