Brute who left woman in coma after Glasgow date jailed for nine years
A man left a woman fighting for her life in an induced coma after brutally attacking her when they met for a date.
Michael Harvey, 32, from Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire, subjected his victim to hours of abuse and violence across Glasgow city centre before a final assault in a hotel left her in an induced coma with catastrophic head injuries.
Chilling CCTV footage shown to the High Court in Glasgow captured Harvey's savagery as he shouted and gesticulated wildly at the terrified woman in hotels and on the streets during their night out.
In the early hours of October 1, 2023, cameras inside a hotel recorded Harvey carrying the badly injured woman through a corridor towards a room they had booked, where the attack continued behind closed doors.
Later, Harvey called for an ambulance — and in a recording played to jurors, he was heard pretending the woman had 'fallen in the shower' in an attempt to cover up what he had done.
The court heard the couple were on a date. The was left with severe head injuries due to the brute's violence.
Prosecutors told the court Harvey described the woman as his partner, and the conviction carried the additional aggravator of abuse of a partner or ex-partner.
Last month, Harvey was found guilty of attempted murder, as well as attempting to defeat the end of justice. On Friday, he was sentenced to nine years behind bars and given an indefinite non-harassment order banning him from contacting the victim.
Moira Orr, the National Lead for Homicide and Major Crime at the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS), condemned Harvey's actions and praised the victim's bravery.
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She said: 'Over the course of an evening, Michael Harvey used appalling violence and threats to exert brutal control over a woman who had gone on a date with him.
"CCTV enabled our prosecutors to share significant evidence of his brutality and threatening behaviour which was exhibited in public view as well as in private.
Our thoughts are with the woman who has suffered such terrible trauma and injuries but whose bravery has contributed so much to this prosecution.'
She added: 'Violence against women and girls is a blight on our society. As this case shows, abuse can go on in plain sight as well as behind closed doors. We must all be vigilant. COPFS will use every tool at our disposal to pursue justice and ensure perpetrators face the consequences of their actions.'
The court heard Harvey's shocking abuse lasted several hours and was laid bare by city-centre and hotel surveillance footage, which prosecutors described as crucial to securing his conviction.
Harvey will serve the bulk of his nine-year sentence in prison before being considered for release under licence conditions.
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