Two men who launched a life-threatening car attack at a motorway bridge on a victim who sustained traumatic brain injury were jailed today.

Jack Ferguson and Joseph Nisbett used the vehicle to intentionally strike Stefan McKechnie who was thrown into the air and hit the ground.

A judge told the pair at the High Court in Edinburgh that given the seriousness of the offence there was no alternative to the imposition of a custodial sentence.

Lady Ross said: "You both allowed a stupid argument about a phone to lead to a situation in which you used a car as a weapon."

The judge said the victim was left with "terrible injuries" following the attack on him.

Lady Ross said that although Ferguson was the driver of the car Nisbett was "very much part of this deliberate attack". He was heard

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