Paula Macaulay struck the 16-year-old on the neck during the assault in Glasgow city centre in August 2023.
Paula MacAuley claimed she had food thrown at her
A woman left a 16-year-old boy needing life-saving surgery after a brutal gin bottle attack.
Paula Macaulay struck the teenager on the neck during the assault in Glasgow city centre in August 2023. The 42-year-old was found with part of the broken bottle as well as glass fragments on her clothes when she was later held by police.
Macaulay had been due to stand trial at the High Court in Glasgow. But, on the day jurors were set to be sworn in, she instead pled guilty to attempted murder while acting under provocation.
She faces a lengthy jail term when she is sentenced next month.
The young victim and a number of friends had been out on the evening of August 4, 2023. They ended up in the company of Macaulay and a male associate before leaving.
Paula MacAuley pled guilty at the High Court in Glasgow to slashing a teenage boy in the neck with a broken gin bottle at the back of St Enoch�s car park, she was begging when an altercation developed with some boys who were giving her grief
The group again met the pair in Osborne Street where the boy was in an “altercation” with Macaulay’s friend.
Prosecutor Gareth Reid said that Macaulay got involved and a gin bottle she had ended up smashed.
One of the boy’s group grabbed the woman by the hair to try and get her off her friend.
Mr Reid told the court: “Macaulay struck the boy on the neck with the broken bottle. The boy realised that he was bleeding and slowly fell to the floor.”
The incident was captured on CCTV but from a distance away.
Macaulay fled as the victim’s panicked friends flagged down passing British Transport police officers for help.
An ambulance called and he was taken to hospital. There was “profuse bleeding” to a wound on the right side of his neck which required an operation.
Mr Reid said: “The injuries sustained will leave permanent scarring. The surgeon stated that, but for medical intervention, his life would have been in danger due to the bleeding.”
Macaulay was found by police having been spotted outside a post office in nearby Glassford Street.
She claimed the others had been “jumping” on her male friend and that she had also been assaulted including having food thrown at her.
Macaulay had a red mark and an abrasion after being checked by a medic.