A man who was identified by police because of his resemblance to the Milkybar Kid has been sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison for a stabbing in South Lanarkshire. Steven Moran, 26, admitted assaulting Mark Mulrooney to the danger of his life after stabbing him nine times in Newton Railway Station car park last May.
The High Court in Glasgow heard that the attack followed a large-scale disturbance nearby in which two people had been stabbed and another injured. Local rumour had blamed Mr Mulrooney for stabbing a girl in the area in the early hours of 22 May last year. Soon after, he was chased by a group of youths and girls through the railway station.
CCTV footage showed blonde-haired Moran, who also wears glasses, holding a knife during the pursuit. The cameras captured him brandishing the weapon and struggling with Mr Mulrooney. The victim was stabbed nine times, but many of the wounds were superficial and he suffered no lasting damage.
Because Moran was a first offender, detectives initially could not identify him from the footage. However, a month later the CCTV was shown to a community policeman who said: 'It's a guy known as the Milkybar Kid.' Moran, from Westburn near Cambuslang, was sentenced at the High Court in Edinburgh on Tuesday.
