Woman left with brain damage after Glasgow attack caught on CCTV

A man has been convicted of attempted murder after a street attack that left a woman with brain damage.

Michael Harvey assaulted his victim and repeatedly hit her head off the ground during an assault in Glasgow city centre that was captured on CCTV.

The 32-year-old later lied by claiming she sustained her injuries during a fall in the shower of the hotel they had been staying at.

The woman remains so affected by her ordeal that she was unable to testify at Harvey’s trial – almost two years after the attack.

The High Court in Glasgow heard they checked into the Ibis Hotel, in the city’s West Regent Street, late on 30 September 2023 and were described as being in good spirits.

But when they went outside Harvey was “a very angry man” and accused the woman of wanting to sleep with other guests.

Jurors were shown graphic CCTV footage of Harvey turning on the woman during an unprovoked assault in nearby Waterloo Street.

Prosecutor Lindsey Dalziel said the victim was left in a condition “where she could not walk, she could not talk, she could not properly function.”

Police turned up to the scene but the court heard it appeared Harvey managed to “talk his way out of handcuffs”, despite the woman’s condition.

Jurors were told a separate investigation is under way into the actions of the officers that night.

Harvey did end up in hospital with the woman but left before she was properly checked out.

They later returned back to the hotel where Harvey remained in a rage.

Guests overheard banging and screaming and the woman was eventually found unresponsive by a hotel worker.

Harvey was later said to have given a preposterous account to detectives which featured an “abundance of inconsistences and lies”.

This included a claim that the woman had fallen outside when the fresh air hit her.

The court heard the victim’s brain injuries meant she still has issues with memory loss, which will not improve, and is likely to be on anti-seizure medication for life.

Sentencing was deferred for reports.