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Impatient father ploughed into teenager at McDonald's drive-through
William Knight left a teenager with severe brain damage after ploughing into him with his car at a drive-through restaurant.
Court: Heard Mr Sutherland might never recover
A driver who mowed down a teenager after being kept waiting at a McDonald's drive-through has been jailed for more than four years.
William Knight ploughed into Scott Sutherland outside a McDonald's in Springburn, Glasgow, in March last year.
Mr Sutherland, 18, suffered severe brain damage and it is unknown if he will ever make a full recovery.
Knight returned to the High Court in Glasgow on Thursday having earlier admitted assaulting Mr Sutherland to the danger of his life and was jailed for four and a half years.
Lord Woolman told Knight, 58, that he would have been locked up for six years, but for his guilty plea.
The court heard how Mr Sutherland had been at the restaurant with two friends in the early hours of March 27 2011.
Knight, of the Possilpark area of Glasgow, was in his Audi in the drive through area after picking up his 29-year-old son Scott and his partner.
Mr Sutherland was at the food collection window when Knight drove forward forcing him to move. Knight's son got out the car and words were exchanged between him and Mr Sutherland.
Mr Sutherland and his friends ran off before the sound of a car engine could be heard "revving up".
Shanti Maguire, prosecuting, told the court: "William Knight turned his car and drove his vehicle towards his son. When Sutherland crossed his path, he made no attempt to avoid him and struck him with his vehicle."
The victim rolled from Knight's car and knocked his head on the road. Knight then collected his son and drove off.
Mr Sutherland was found to have significant bleeding and bruising to his brain after being rushed to hospital. A large part of his skull had to be removed and the teenager is still undergoing re-rehabilitation and continues to suffer a host of difficulties, including mobility and balance problems.
The court was told it remains unclear if he will make a full recovery as it can take several years.
Ex-scaffolder Knight handed himself into police the same day as the incident and denied what he did was "deliberate" and that he fled because he "panicked".
William Knight left a teenager with severe brain damage after ploughing into him with his car at a drive-through restaurant.
Court: Heard Mr Sutherland might never recover
A driver who mowed down a teenager after being kept waiting at a McDonald's drive-through has been jailed for more than four years.
William Knight ploughed into Scott Sutherland outside a McDonald's in Springburn, Glasgow, in March last year.
Mr Sutherland, 18, suffered severe brain damage and it is unknown if he will ever make a full recovery.
Knight returned to the High Court in Glasgow on Thursday having earlier admitted assaulting Mr Sutherland to the danger of his life and was jailed for four and a half years.
Lord Woolman told Knight, 58, that he would have been locked up for six years, but for his guilty plea.
The court heard how Mr Sutherland had been at the restaurant with two friends in the early hours of March 27 2011.
Knight, of the Possilpark area of Glasgow, was in his Audi in the drive through area after picking up his 29-year-old son Scott and his partner.
Mr Sutherland was at the food collection window when Knight drove forward forcing him to move. Knight's son got out the car and words were exchanged between him and Mr Sutherland.
Mr Sutherland and his friends ran off before the sound of a car engine could be heard "revving up".
Shanti Maguire, prosecuting, told the court: "William Knight turned his car and drove his vehicle towards his son. When Sutherland crossed his path, he made no attempt to avoid him and struck him with his vehicle."
The victim rolled from Knight's car and knocked his head on the road. Knight then collected his son and drove off.
Mr Sutherland was found to have significant bleeding and bruising to his brain after being rushed to hospital. A large part of his skull had to be removed and the teenager is still undergoing re-rehabilitation and continues to suffer a host of difficulties, including mobility and balance problems.
The court was told it remains unclear if he will make a full recovery as it can take several years.
Ex-scaffolder Knight handed himself into police the same day as the incident and denied what he did was "deliberate" and that he fled because he "panicked".