Assaulted Lennon will not walk home alone

Neil Lennon claimed today he was now going out “mob-handed” after being attacked on a night out.

Two men were jailed for two years each last week for assaulting Lennon, who is now a coach at the Glasgow club.

A jury found Jeffrey Carrigan, aged 43, and David Whitelaw, aged 47, both of Knightswood in Glasgow, guilty of assault by a majority verdict.

Speaking for the first time since the court case, Lennon, aged 37, said he was moving on with his life.

Asked if he was now wary about going out in Glasgow, he replied: “It just makes me go mob-handed now, that’s all. I won’t be walking home on my own again, that’s for sure.”

He added: “It was pretty traumatic and I’d just like to thank everyone involved, the sheriff, the jury, the police and the witnesses.

“It left a bitter taste in my mouth for a while but I’m just glad justice was done and I can move on with my life now.”

The trial heard from bar worker Liam Cameron, aged 24, who told Glasgow Sheriff Court the men apparently mocked Lennon about his side’s defeat that day to Old Firm rivals Rangers.

He said Lennon raised his middle finger to the two men before fighting erupted.

Mr Cameron turned a corner to find Lennon “face to face” with one of the men, before he was punched to the ground.

He said: “Neil Lennon went down backwards, his shoe came off. He hit his head on the cobbles when he went down.”

This left him “completely, completely unconscious”, he said.

Lennon, giving evidence, said the only thing he remembered was waking up in the west end.