Griddle pan attack

He was taken to the Southern General Hospital in Glasgow following the incident in Glenshalloch Road, Dalbeattie last April.

And in court on Tuesday, Joy Fletcher, 57, pleaded guilty to repeatedly hitting him on the head with the pan.

Sheriff Brian Mohan told Fletcher, who has now moved to Staffordshire, that it was a very serious incident in the light of the injuries and deferred sentence to April 19 for background reports.