Man scarred for life after horror glass attack in pub
Irish nightclub assault victim was ‘an inch’ from being blinded
A MAN has been left scarred for life after a coked-up yob glassed him in the face in a bar for “no reason”.
Irishman Damien Hackett was on a night out after travelling to Liverpool for the weekend with three friends.
As he danced on a podium in the Popworld venue he was approached by Calvin Elliott, 27, who reached up and initially shook his hand.
CCTV footage showed the thug then grab Mr Hackett’s ankle or foot, before jabbing a glass up into his face.
A judge yesterday said Elliott, of Weaver Avenue, Rainhill in Liverpool, was only “an inch or so” away from blinding the victim.
Liverpool Crown Court heard Mr Hackett was a Liverpool fan who intended to watch the Reds’ away game against Crystal Palace in the city on Saturday, November 23, 2019.
He and his friends went out on the Friday night and at around 3am the next day went into the Wood Street nightclub. Christopher Hopkins, prosecuting, said: “He describes he doesn’t remember anything leading up to being assaulted.
“He remembers feeling what he thought was a glass being jabbed into his face. He felt very disoriented and was bleeding heavily and was very shaken.
“He did see the defendant in his words jab with an upwards motion with a glass into his friend’s face.”
Judge Brian Cummings, QC, gasped when the CCTV showed Elliot glassing Mr Hackett.
The accused was jailed for 16 months, prompting two women sitting with a man in the public
gallery to burst into tears.