Shock CCTV shows moment crazed thug launches brutal murder bid with Buckfast bottle on Scots train

The maniac plunged the jagged bottle neck twice into the chest of one of the victims
SHOCKING CCTV footage has captured the moment a crazed thug launched a brutal murder bid with a Buckfast bottle on two passengers on a ScotRail train.

Drunken fiend Thomas Craig, 48, of East Renfrewshire, was convicted of attempted murder and serious assault following a four-day trial at Glasgow’s High Court last month.

The court heard how Craig started chatting with passengers on a train from Glasgow Queen Street to Perth on February 15, 2024.

But within minutes, Craig hurled an insult before lunging from his seat and launching a violent attack.

He slammed the glass bottle into the first victim’s head twice.

As the terrified man tried to escape, Craig relentlessly pursued him, striking him repeatedly until the bottle smashed.

The maniac then turned his attention to the victim’s friend who tried to intervene.

Craig punched the man seven times before plunging the jagged bottle neck into his chest twice.

The thug then returned to his seat, threw the bottle neck away and pocketed one of the victims’ phones.

He then proceeded to change out of his blood-stained crewneck and into a clean hoodie.

Cops boarded the train and nicked Craig at Larbert railway station as both victims were rushed to hospital by paramedics.

Craig’s second victim suffered horrific, life-threatening injuries and was put in intensive care.

He sustained a stab wound dangerously close to his heart, a collapsed lung, and a severed artery, losing a staggering 15 per cent of his blood.

Thomas Craig will be sentenced at Glasgow High Court on January 12, 2026.

BTP Detective Inspector Marc Francey said: “Craig acted in a truly despicable manner, violently and relentlessly attacking two men over a minor disagreement and causing countless passengers on the train to panic.

“His indiscriminate and thuggish actions could have resulted in far more severe consequences, both for his victims and for himself. It is thanks only to luck and to the lifesaving work of the paramedics that Craig hasn’t been found guilty of something far worse.

“I hope this verdict brings a measure of closure to the victims after enduring such a brutal attack. Violence on the railway is utterly unacceptable, and we will relentlessly pursue offenders like Craig to ensure they face justice.”