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Shocking selfie of good samaritan who was attacked by the man he tried to help

February 06, 2015

This selfie shows the extent of injuries suffered by teenager Angus Gallagher after he was beaten up and left for dead by a man he was trying to help.

The 18-year-old suffered 13 fractures to his face, three broken fingers, fractured ribs, a damaged ear drum after trying to help 25-year-old Brian Ramsay.

He also suffered such bad damage to his right eye that he had to have a titanium plate implanted behind his eyebrow.


The shocking photograph was released today after Angus and his parents criticised the legal system for only sentencing Ramsay to 18 months in jail at Edinburgh Sheriff Court after he pleaded guilty to the assault.
NO ONLINE/BROADCAST USE BEFORE 1pm. Angus Gallagher was brutally assaulted in Newtongrange on October 26th 2014. See SWNS story A brave teenager yesterday (Fri) told how he was left for dead after being repeatedly beaten by a man he tried to help. Good Samaritan Angus Gallagher, 18, had his face battered and suffered multiple fractures in the ordeal which has left him thinking twice about helping others. He was walking home from a night out with friends in Gorebridge, Midlothian, when he discovered Brian Ramsay, 25, lying on his back in a petrol station forecourt. Angus helped him to his feet, took him to a shop to get some food and then helped him across the road when the yob unexpectedly turned on him. Ramsay subjected Angus to a brutal and sustained assault in the street before dragging him to a nearby house where he attacked him again.
Angus Gallagher in hospital
The teenager was walking home with his friends in Gorebridge, Midlothian, in October last year when he found Ramsay lying on his back in the middle of a petrol station.

Angus helped Ramsay to his feet and took him to get some food at a local shop. But when the teenager helped the man across the road the man suddenly turned on him and subjected the teenager to a sustained assault.
NO ONLINE/BROADCAST USE BEFORE 1pm. Angus Gallagher was brutally assaulted in Newtongrange on October 26th 2014. See CENTRE PRESS story CPHELP A brave teenager yesterday (Fri) told how he was left for dead after being repeatedly beaten by a man he tried to help. Good Samaritan Angus Gallagher, 18, had his face battered and suffered multiple fractures in the ordeal which has left him thinking twice about helping others. He was walking home from a night out with friends in Gorebridge, Midlothian, when he discovered Brian Ramsay, 25, lying on his back in a petrol station forecourt. Angus helped him to his feet, took him to a shop to get some food and then helped him across the road when the yob unexpectedly turned on him. Ramsay subjected Angus to a brutal and sustained assault in the street before dragging him to a nearby house where he attacked him again.
Angus Gallagher after the assault
Ramsay then dragged the teenager to a nearby house where he tried to clean the teenager up, but he then attacked him again before leaving him for dead in the street.

Angus was eventually found by neighbours and was then taken to the resuscitation unit at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. He was transferred to St John’s Hospital, in Livingston, and remained there for a further five days in recovery.
NO ONLINE/BROADCAST USE BEFORE 1pm. Brian Ramsay who beat up Angus Gallagher. See SWNS story A brave teenager yesterday (Fri) told how he was left for dead after being repeatedly beaten by a man he tried to help. Good Samaritan Angus Gallagher, 18, had his face battered and suffered multiple fractures in the ordeal which has left him thinking twice about helping others. He was walking home from a night out with friends in Gorebridge, Midlothian, when he discovered Brian Ramsay, 25, lying on his back in a petrol station forecourt. Angus helped him to his feet, took him to a shop to get some food and then helped him across the road when the yob unexpectedly turned on him. Ramsay subjected Angus to a brutal and sustained assault in the street before dragging him to a nearby house where he attacked him again.
Brian Ramsay
Angus, from Newtongrange, Midlothian, said: ‘He just turned on me. My mind went a bit blank and all I thought was “I should protect myself as much as I can”.

‘He must have realised what he had done because he dragged me to his house to get me cleaned up. Then he hit me again in the garden and I have no recollection after that.’

Talking about the sentence, his parents Amanda, 53, and Henry, 56, called the sentence ‘disgusting’ and called for better treatment of victims.

Amanda said: ‘My husband and I are totally shocked and think it’s disgusting.

‘I don’t know the definition of a long time but 18 months doesn’t seem to be very long. It’s not justice. He was only helping someone and this was his reward.’

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