Woman hit in face with glass after trouble breaks out at city centre bar
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A woman suffered a head injury after a glass struck her when trouble broke out at a city centre bar. At about 4am on Sunday, May 26 2024, police officers on patrol were flagged down outside the Ironworks bar in Wrexham, Mold Crown Court heard.
Prosecuting Elen Owen said door staff were restraining Abby Parker, who was described as intoxicated. Officers established she had been involved in a "physical incident" with her victim.
Parker, 25, of Corunna Court, Wrexham, had been out, when two women she didn't know got into an altercation and she ended up being shoved. Security staff were removing the women and at this stage the defendant felt her hair being pulled, she was grabbed by the face and her glasses fell off.
She was "upset and confused" and "couldn't see what was happening", said Ms Owen, and in panic she threw a glass in her hand which struck the victim on the forehead, leaving a cut measuring 2cm x 1cm.
Parker admitted wounding causing GBH without intent. The court heard she had no previous convictions or cautions and had been a person of "good character".
Phillip Tully, defending, said Parker had reacted when she was being attacked, had entered an early guilty plea, was remorseful, the incident was "out of character", she was hard working and highly thought of by people, who had sent letters of support. "It was a reckless act," rather than an attempt to assult the victim, he said.
Judge Simon Mills said, given the circumstances, she would not be sent to prison, but stressed it was a "serious offence" and said glass attacks in his experience were dangerous and had even resulted in a fatality, when a person suffered a neck injury.
He sentenced Parker to an 18 months community order with 120 hours unpaid work and a 10-day rehabilitation activity requirement. She must also pay £600 compensation to the victim and a statutory surcharge.
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