A TEENAGER who carried out a vicious and sustained assault with a glass bottle in broad daylight in a Whitecrook street is making good progress after being spared a prison sentence, a court has heard.

The thug, who can’t be named for legal reasons, left his victim permanently scarred and suffering from a long-term nerve injury following the incident in Brown Avenue.

The teen, who was just 16 years old when he carried out the attack on April 14 last year, was handed a community payback order as a direct alternative to prison when he appeared in court in January.

A previous hearing in December was told the teen had struck his victim twice on the side of the head with a glass bottle.

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Maxillofacial surgeons later confirmed loss of muscle function to the victim’s right eyebrow and forehead, while other experts were of the view that the scarring from a facial wound would be permanent.

The attacker was back before Sheriff William Gallacher at Dumbarton Sheriff Court on Friday after social workers provided a report on his progress with the order so far.

Defence solicitor James Arrol told the court: “In the main this is a positive report.”

Sheriff Gallacher told the teen: “You know how seriously I took this matter.

“It seems you have, in the main, been doing what’s required of you.

“There should be no further hiccups, because you know how precarious your position is.”

A further review hearing was fixed for June 7.