A VIOLENT thug who left his brother brain damaged and blinded in one eye after a brutal attack has been jailed for six years.

Raymond Gunn, 54, turned on his brother Alan Gunn, 60, and repeatedly kicked him after a heated row about their wives.

Alan spent six months in hospital and rehab and still cannot walk properly as a result of the sustained attack.

Judge Sean Murphy told Gunn: “As a result of a repeated kicking by you, your brother lost the sight in one eye and underwent months of rehabilitation. He still can't walk properly and is fearful he may lose his job..

“He says in a victim impact statement he feels his life has been ruined This offence has had catastrophic consequences for your brother.”

Gunn was originally charged with attempted murder, but a jury convicted him of the reduced charge of assault to danger of life.

The High Court in Glasgow heard the pair had argued before Raymond Gunn lashed out. The attack happened in the accused's flat on Wyndford Road, Maryhill, on April 19 and 20, 2017.

Blood matching the victim’s DNA was found on Gunn's shoe and on bedding stashed in a cupboard.

In evidence during the trial, Alan said: “My brother is dead to me. I’ve not spoken to him and I’m not going to. He left me brain damaged.”

He told the jury he had no recollection of the attack on him.

The accused denied assaulting his brother and claimed Alan had fallen twice in the bathroom and hit his head on the sink and toilet.

But he was found guilty of carrying out the brutal assault the day after their sister Charlotte had died.

Their other sister Suzanne Gunn, 62, told police that Raymond claimed he “swung his feet and hit Alan on the face”, but didn't say how many times.

Alan, who suffered a fractured eye socket and needed surgery for a bleed to the brain, was in hospital and a rehab unit until October 2017 and has only recently returned to work.

Defence counsel John McElroy said that Gunn continues to protest his innocence.

Mr McElroy added: “However, he accepts the verdict of the jury. He also accepts that the consequences of the actions were devastating for his brother and have had life-changing effects.

“He is sad that a drinking session ended in the way it did.”

Gunn waved to family members in the court as he was led away to begin his sentence.