A pub attacker hit a man in the face with a glass bottle after hugging him and 'engaging in banter'.

Barry McAreavy was jailed for a year over the attack on Stephen Hardie in the Balcony Bar in Dundee.

On Wednesday CCTV footage was played at Dundee Sheriff Court which showed McAreavy - a pipefitter and father-of-two - engaging Mr Hardie in conversation at the bar, smiling and joking as he puts his arm around his victim.

McAreavy is then seen reaching for a bottle as he hugs Mr Hardie and kisses him on the head, before striking him on the face in the pub in the city's Ward Road.

Fiscal depute Saima Rasheed told the court: "They were engaged in banter with the accused telling the complainer that people in Dundee don't like Glaswegians.

"He put his arm round his shoulder, picked up a glass bottle and struck Mr Hardie once with it on the face.

"He then punched him repeatedly to the head and Mr Hardie moved backwards in an attempt to get away. The accused then heabutted him multiple times.

"The accused's friend apologised, picked up the accused's phone and followed him out the door."

McAreavy was caught the next day when he approached two police officers in a car in Dundee city centre and asked for directions. They recognised him as fitting the description of the man wanted for the pub assault the night before.

The 34-year-old, who is a prisoner at HMP Perth, pleaded guilty on indictment to a charge of assault to severe injury after the attack on June 28. He also admitted failing to provide breath specimens at Dundee Police Station having been suspected of drink driving the following day.

Defence solicitor James Reilly said: "He is from the Cardonald area of Glasgow and was working in Dundee.

"He had been drinking heavily that night. He is realistic about what the inevitable sentence will be."

Sheriff Alastair Carmichael jailed McAreavy for a year. He said: "The only appropriate sentence is a custodial sentence."