Convicted killer who carried out Christmas Day axe attack jailed
Steven Souley and accomplice Zico Malavin sentenced to total of 6 years for the assault in a flat in the Summerston area of Glasgow
A convicted killer who carried out a Christmas Day attack on a man leaving his victim needing emergency surgery on his groin and penis has been jailed for three and a half years.
Steven Souley, stormed a house party in Summerston, Glasgow, on Christmas Day 2014 before pouncing on defenceless Robert Eadie.
The 26 year old and accomplice Zico Malavin, 20, repeatedly hit him with an axe and knife leaving his victim scarred for life.
In 2011, he was locked up - along with Zico's brothers Angus and Zak - for his part in the killing of dad Andrew Curran in Glasgow's Maryhill Park.
Souley was sentenced to seven years for culpable homicide - but in May 2014 he was deemed safe enough to be freed early.
At the High Court in Edinburgh, judge Lord Boyd told the pair that he had no other option but to send them to prison.
Jailing Malavin for two and a half years, Lord Boyd told the duo: "This was a cowardly and vicious attack.
"You came uninvited into the property and subjected him to what was a terrifying attack.
"Steven Souley - you are no stranger to these courts. You were sentenced to seven years for culpable homicide in 2011.
"The only sentence that I can impose is one of custody."
The pair admitted assaulting Mr Eadie, 25, to his severe injury and permanent disfigurement at a flat in Acre Road, Glasgow,at the city's high court last month. Sentence had been deferred for the court to obtain reports.
At the previous proceedings, the court heard how the attack happened at a Christmas party hosted by Mr Eadie's sister.
Souley and Malavin suddenly turned up around midnight uninvited.
Souley was armed with an axe while Malavin - sporting a red Christmas jumper - was clutching a knife.
Mr Eadie's sister - who knew the pair - demanded they get out.
Prosecutor Allan Nicol then told the High Court in Glasgow : "Robert Eadie tried to put them out, but, as he did so, both attacked him.
"He was repeatedly struck on the head and body with the axe and knife."
The duo were eventually forced out and they fled the scene. A blood soaked Mr Eadie meantime was rushed to hospital.
Souley and Malavin were initially not traced by police. A knife and a Christmas sweater were later found at a property linked to Souley.
It was months later before the pair were finally charged with the attack, but both made no comment.
The court heard Mr Eadie needed an operation to repair a "deep wound" to his groin and to his penis.
He also suffered injuries to his head and hand. He was released from hospital days later, but will be permanently scarred.
Souley and Malavin both come from the Drumchapel area of Glasgow.
Souley was jailed in 2011 after being convicted of the culpable homicide of 41 year-old Andrew Curran.
Angus Malavin was locked up for 18 years and younger brother Zak for 17 years after they were found guilty of murder.
Mr Curran died from a sword wound to the neck. The fatal park attack happened following a row over a bottle of Buckfast.
A fourth Malavin brother - Kris - was jailed for seven years in 2014 after he tried to run down and kill a key witness in the murder trial.
The murder came as part of a long-running feud between the Malavins and the Currans families in Glasgow's Maryhill.
In the aftermath of the case, Mr Curran's 20-year-old son, also Andrew, was attacked with a machete close to the spot where his dad died.