{"id":354596,"date":"2025-08-18T16:43:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T16:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/354596\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T16:43:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T16:43:13","slug":"teen-stabbed-with-broken-bottle-returns-to-scene-of-attempted-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/354596\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen stabbed with broken bottle returns to scene of attempted murder"},"content":{"rendered":"

A teenager who was stabbed in the neck with a broken bottle by a stranger has returned to the scene of the attempted murder.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Conall Morrison walked STV News through his ordeal on the day that attacker Paula Macaulay was sentenced to five years and nine months in prison.<\/p>\n

The then 16-year-old from Coatbridge was with a group of friends in Glasgow city centre on August 14, 2023, when he noticed two girls in distress in the company of a woman.<\/p>\n

He was able to lead the girls away from the area, but shortly after, he met the same woman with a male associate on Osborne Street.<\/p>\n

An altercation took place, and the woman, now known to be Macaulay, stabbed Conall in the neck with a broken gin bottle.<\/p>\n

Returning to the area where the attack unfolded, Conall said he still struggles with memories of what happened.<\/p>\n

A lamp post behind the popular St Enoch shopping centre reminds the teenager of where he believed he was going to die.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t realise I had been stabbed until I heard my friends shouting\u201d, Conall told STV News on Osborne Street.<\/p>\n

\u201cI instinctively put my hand to my neck, and it was covered in blood.<\/p>\n

\u201cI remember the street lights flickering.<\/p>\n

\u201cI fell to my knees and collapsed onto my side. I thought I was going to die. I think I died twice in the ambulance.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"PaulaSpindriftPaula Macaulay Spindrift<\/p>\n

The teenager staggered away from the scene before collapsing on the ground while his friends flagged down British Transport Police officers.<\/p>\n

After being rushed to hospital, Conall underwent life-saving surgery and required a blood transfusion. The wound to his neck, only two centimetres away from his main artery, took 14 staples to close.<\/p>\n

Although lucky to have survived, the teenager, now 18, says his life has been \u201cdestroyed\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u2018It destroyed a lot of things in my life\u2019<\/p>\n

Macaulay had initially pleaded not guilty and remained on bail until the day trial jurors were set to be sworn in in July this year.<\/p>\n

The 43-year-old pled guilty to attempted murder while acting under provocation and was sentenced to five years and nine months in prison at the High Court in Glasgow.<\/p>\n

Conall told STV News that the ordeal still affects his life every day.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt affects my mood quite a bit. I feel like I lost myself. I was quite a bubbly person, but it destroyed a lot of friendships and relationships<\/p>\n

\u201cI developed anxiety and severe depression, it\u2019s destroyed a lot of things in life. It made life a lot more difficult.<\/p>\n

\u201cGetting back to the person I was is work day by day. Life goes on.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"ConallSuppliedConall Morrison required 14 staples to close the wound in his neck. Supplied<\/p>\n

Passing sentence, Lord Young praised the skill of the surgeons who worked on Conall after the attack.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cHad it not been for the response of the emergency services and the skill of surgeons who operated on the complainer, you could have been facing a charge of murder.\u201d<\/p>\n

The court heard how Macaulay fled the scene after stabbing the teenager.<\/p>\n

She was found by police having been spotted outside a post office in nearby Glassford Street.<\/p>\n

\"ConallSTV NewsConall Morrison was stabbed by Paula Macaulay STV News<\/p>\n

She claimed the others had been \u201cjumping\u201d on her male friend and that she had also been assaulted, including having food thrown at her.<\/p>\n

Lord Young told Macaulay that she would have received a six-and-a-half-year term if she hadn\u2019t pleaded guilty.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Speaking on the sentencing, Conall added: \u201cThe process was exhausting, I just wanted it to be finished. I was considering leaving the court case \u2013 I felt like it was a waste of time, but I was talked around.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think she has been given a fair sentence; she got off very lucky, especially when she has already been on bail for two years.\u201d<\/p>\n

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