AN Aberdeen man needed brain surgery after being pushed down a flight of 20 stone stairs buy a women he allegedly tried to buy sex from. The man was left fighting for his life with a bleed on the brain after smashing his head on the cobbled path below. Gemma Low, 27, admitted attacking the year-old when she appeared at Aberdeen Sheriff Court yesterday. Surgeons had to remove part of his skull and drain fluid from his brain to stop swelling, the court was told.
Defence agent Graeme Murray told the court Low and the victim did not know each other before the attack last December. The victim had been standing outside Cafe Drummond on Belmont Street, Aberdeen, on December 12 and became engaged in conversation with Low and two other men.
The court heard the attack left the victim with a 25cm scar on his head where the surgery took place on his skull. He also suffered a broken wrist in two places and a fractured hip. He had to undergo further surgery to replace his hip and was only allowed to leave hospital on January Today he suffers from mobility issues, head and neck pain, problems with his speech and often falls asleep on public transport.
He has problems with his memory and cannot remember what happened leading up to the assault, the court heard. Low, whose address was given in court as Bloomfield Road, Aberdeen, admitted assaulting the man by pushing him on the body and down a flight of steps to his severe injury, permanent disfigurement and to the danger of his life.
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