The Scottish Government ditched a plan to release most prisoners just a third of the way into their sentence.
Stephen Paterson served half of a two-year prison sentence when he was freed to carry out the unprovoked attack on William Pinkerton six weeks later.
The brute throttled her as she lay ill in bed and punched her on the ribs. He later called police telling them he was armed with a hatchet, a knife and a sword, and that he was going to chop her up. Sign up to Glasgow Live's newsletter Get all the latest Glasgow news and headlines sent straight to your inbox twice a day by signing up to our free newsletter.The morning newsletter arrives every day before 9am and the evening newsletter, manually curated by the team, is sent between 4pm and 5pm, giving you a round up of the most important stories we've covered that day.Mr Pinkerton survived the slashing which was close to the carotid artery but will be left permanently scarred.
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