A man has been jailed for 18 months after he drove his car at a 14-year-old football fan then sped off.

Mercedes driver Nathan Mortimer, 21, hit the schoolboy after a Motherwell game, flipping the child over the bonnet of the car and leaving him lying on the ground.

The teenager had watched his team play Queen's Park at Hampden and was walking to Mount Florida train station with friends when the incident happened on July 15, 2017.

A passerby helped the child and the boy was taken to hospital where he was treated for injuries to his head and hands.

Mortimer, from Baillieston, Glasgow, was originally charged with attempted murder but pled guilty to a reduced charge of assault to severe injury and the danger of life.

Sheriff Martin Jones QC sentenced him to 18 months in prison, and disqualified him from driving for two years and nine months.

He was also handed a football banning order for the same length of time.

Glasgow Sheriff Court heard the attack happened after a group of boys started insulting the victim and his friends following the game.

Procurator fiscal depute Emily Macreath said: "(The boy) realised that they were shouting at him and his friends, however, he continued walking, turning into Bolton Drive and noted the other males to have remained or continued along Cathcart Road."

The two groups began to exchange insults when Mortimer arrived in his car and stopped to speak to the other group.

Some of the schoolboy's friends threw bottles towards his car, with some hitting the windscreen.

Mortimer then drove towards the group and was described by witnesses as driving slowly at first then with "hard acceleration, revving loudly".

Ms Macreath said: "(The boy) at this time was walking with his back to the vehicle in the process of crossing the road, making his way to the train station.

"Due to the sound of the revving of the engine the group attempted to disperse.

"(The boy) turned and was facing the car and attempted to run towards the pavement but the accused drove deliberately at him and struck him on the body.

"(The boy) then flipped over the bonnet and landed on the road on the front of his body."

A witness, who watched from a window, estimated Mortimer was driving a 30mph at the point of impact.

Ms Macreath said the schoolboy has become anxious and lost confidence as a result of the attack.

She said: "He has removed himself from social media and stopped going to play football. He also no longer attends football matches, which he loved."