A MAN who says he was ‘left for dead’ after being assaulted at Dunfermline bus station has hit out at the sentences given to his attackers.

The victim, who wished to remain anonymous, said that he feels “disgusted by the court system” after the incident that has left him reluctant to go out at night.

And he has told the Press his belief that if he had not been targeted, someone else may have been.

Earlier this month Callum Webster, 20, of Logie Place, Dunfermline, and Ross Stocks, 18, of Ochilview Drive, High Valleyfield, were each fined £400 at Dunfermline Sheriff Court.

They previously admitted that, on March 6 2017 at Queen Anne Street, they did act in a threatening and abusive manner likely to cause a reasonable person to suffer fear and alarm, did fight and struggle with a male and did throw a bin.

Defence solicitor Steven Morrison said his client, Stocks, appeared to have been of good behaviour since the incident, commenting: “He is very remorseful.

“He has secured employment and this type of behaviour is not part of his future.”

Sheriff Craig McSherry said the substantial fine reflected that this was aggravated behaviour at a bus station, which has become a hot spot for trouble in the last few years.

Despite the fines imposed, the victim said that although he was trying to move on from his ordeal, the assault left him with head injuries and a broken piece of cartilage in his elbow that was still causing pain.

“I’ve still got an injury to my elbow, my head was split open and I smacked my head off something,” he said.

“I was left for dead. When I got up, I was dazed and confused and didn’t know what to do, so I went to the police station, and the cops took me to the hospital.

“I have a lot of bad memories from it; I don’t go out at night and I’ve been on heavy anti-depressants.

“I’ve had to work on anger issues and found my faith in the last few years, I’ve worked hard to turn my life around.

“As far as I’m concerned, if it wasn’t me then it would be someone else. I’ve never had any hassle in over 10 years.

“I’m doing my best to move on but I’m really disappointed with the courts.”

Describing those behind the attack as “cowards”, he continued: “It took me three days to calm down and come to my senses.

“By the third day, my senses came to me and I thought that I’m not ruining my life because of this.

“They are a bunch of cowards, getting their kicks by this. I’m just disgusted by the court system and I feel the judges have been too lenient.”

He added: “The police are doing their hardest but the judges are letting them back out.

“I don’t trust the system anymore. Maybe they might think that, because they’ve got away with it once, maybe they can do it again?

“I try to not go up the town at night time; I don’t think it’s safe.

“It’s sick.”

Last summer, bus marshals were placed on hand at the bus station on Friday and Saturday evenings following a wave of anti-social behaviour.

The move, which was supported by Police Scotland, came after repeated complaints from local people about gangs of youths hanging around the bus station drinking and causing trouble.