Thug jailed for unprovoked attack on former football star Gary McAllister
A THUG who battered former football star Gary McAllister in an unprovoked street attack was jailed today.
Ex-Liverpool and Leeds ace Gary was hailing a cab after a night out with his wife when Damien Swan, 34, punched him to the ground.
Gary, 56, now assistant manager at Scottish champions Rangers, lost a tooth and needed 12 stitches to his mouth.
Schizophrenic Swan was drinking and taking drugs before the attack in Leeds.
Two days later, he assaulted three Sikh Temple volunteers and set his dogs on them, the city’s crown court heard.
Swan, of Leeds, admitted ABH for the attack on Gary plus unlawful wounding and Dangerous Dogs Act charges.
He was jailed for 27 months, and banned from keeping dogs for life.
Judge Tom Bayliss QC said of the attack on McAllister: ”When the taxi arrived you, for no apparent reason, attacked Gary McAllister. You punched him to the face and he fell to the floor.
“Mr McAllister had no opportunity to brace himself and fell straight back.
“He was left dazed and confused and did not know what had happened.”
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