Victim’s face slashed with jagged glass Addict retaliated with bottle attack after violent row

A DRUG addict thrust a broken wine bottle into a man’s face after he was kicked in the head in a street row.

When Darryl Stubbs was arrested he told police he had been the victim of an attack in Canterbury city centre.

But he soon realised he had retaliated with the smashed bottle after he was shown CCTV footage of the incident.

Stubbs, of Creine Mill Lane North, Canterbury, would later tell officers that when he was shown what he had done he thought “his actions were disgusting”.

He was jailed for four years at Canterbury Crown Court after admitting unlawful wounding in September last year.

Prosecutor Donna East said victim David Monk had become embroiled in an argument with a woman near the Black Griffin pub.

CCTV footage – which was played to the court – showed that Stubbs arrived and joined in the street row, which ended with him being pushed to the ground and being kicked in the head.

Mr Monk and the woman were seen walking along St Dunstans as Stubbs picked himself up.

Ms East said he then took a wine bottle from the back pocket of his trousers and as he walked towards the two, smashed it against a parked car. Then – holding a jagged piece of glass – he began once again arguing with Mr Monk .

She said that Stubbs – who has made 34 court appearances and has 64 convictions – then struck his victim in the face with the glass causing a 3cm wound.

When Stubbs was arrested he admitted he had been taking heroin and crack cocaine before the attack.

She added: “When he spoke to police he said he thought he had been the victim but after seeing the CCTV footage realised what had happened. He said he thought his actions were disgusting.”

Judge Adele Williams said: “I accept that David Monks started the violence but you used a broken bottle and put it into the face of your victim. “He was walking away when you deliberately smashed that bottle against a car and pursued him. I accept this started in self defence but you then used a weapon.”

Mr Monks received a police caution for the earlier incident.

Darryl Stubbs was jailed for four years