Drunk woman smashed glass into barmaid’s face as she was thrown out of pub – leaving shards in victim’s mouth
A DRUNK woman smashed glass into a barmaid's face as she was thrown out of a pub - leaving shards in the victim's mouth.
Lynsey Ryan, 35, attacked barmaid Danielle Birch when she was asked to leave the Cheshire Cheese pub in Warrington, Cheshire, after fighting with three other women.
Danielle, in her thirties, was left with a cut lip and had to undergo an X-ray in A&E to spot if any shards of glass had been embedded in her mouth.
The barmaid also had to undergo dental treatment after the attack at closing time on October 30 last year.
She told cops: "What happened was unacceptable - I do not go to work to be assaulted."
When quizzed by police, mum-of-one Ryan claimed to recollect little of the incident.
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The court heard CCTV footage of the assault left the web design worker holding her head in her hands and crying.
She admitted assault occasioning actual bodily harm at Warrington Magistrates' Court, and was made subject of an exclusion order banning her from the 18th century pub until 2025.
Ryan was also ordered to pay Danielle £200 in compensation, and was sentenced to a four-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, along with 60 hours of unpaid work and was told to pay £154 in costs and victim surcharge.
GLASSING HORROR
Michael O’Kane, prosecuting, said at 12.20am when most of the customers had left Danielle was outside with the landlord when she heard a disturbance inside
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She confronted Ryan, who had earlier been involved in a confrontation with three women.
Mr O'Kane said: "Mrs Birch asked Lynsey Ryan to leave the pub but she refused.
"She says that she stayed with the defendant asking her to leave the pub but at all times speaking with her, the defendant had a gin glass in her hand which had drink in it.
"The defendant then stood up with the glass in her hand and pushed it towards her face.
";When the glass made contact with her face it smashed into bits."
He added: "Initially the victim didn't realise what had happened and thought the defendant had thrown gin in her face.
"But her friend Robbie pushed the defendant back and highlighted to her that Danielle had been glassed and her face was bleeding.
"The defendant threw the stem of the glass into the bar, before Robbie pushed her away.
I would never want to make anybody feel scared
Lynsey Ryan
"The defendant was then removed from the pub.
"There were concerns that glass was embedded in Mrs Birch's mouth but thankfully there wasn’t any found.
"She then went to the dentist the next day as she was concerned she had loose teeth as a result of the assault.
"Thankfully there were no loose teeth. The victim confirmed that her bite did not feel normal as a result of the injury.
"She was given advice about the possibility of receiving orthodontic treatment if she felt the problem persisted.
"There was the potential for a very serious injury but thankfully the injuries were relatively minor given what took place."
'DISGUSTED'
In an interview with police, Ryan who previously worked as a barmaid herself said she only found out what had happened when the pub landlord contacted her by Facebook Messenger.
The mum remembered going to the pub with a friend, having a bottle of wine together and admitted being ''merry'' but claimed she had ''blacked out'' at the time of the assault.
She refused to watch CCTV of the incident and said she was ''disgusted with herself'' saying she would ''never want to make anybody feel scared''.
In mitigation, defence solicitor Gary Schooler said: “During the course of the interview it is clear to the police officer that she is extremely remorseful.
"She does not appear to have a very clear recollection of the incident but when it came to the point where the officer wanted to play the CCTV to her she became tearful and upset and said she did not want to watch it.
"In fact, she does not view it. The general demeanour and tenor was one of regret, remorse and indeed shame.
"She consumed an amount of alcohol and there was some recollection of the evening, but she cannot explain why she cannot remember the incident itself."
He added: "She was somebody full of regret, shame and remorse. The footage itself was unclear whether we are dealing with a deliberate movement of the glass towards her face or an intention to throw the contents of the glass, namely the drink over the witness.
"I think there are grounds to maintain, given that she is not ordinarily disposed to this behaviour, it's a case where there is intention to throw the contents of the glass - rather than use the glass as a weapon.
"Though a regrettable incident, it was over in seconds and was not a sustained and prolonged incident.
"My client used to work in a pub in Warrington herself so she is well aware from her own experience the difficulties the job can entail."
JP Mary Radcliffe told her: “We do consider this to be an assault aggravated, made worse, by several factors.
"There was the use of a gin glass which is considered as a weapon, the victim was simply doing her job working behind a bar and alarm and fear will have been caused amongst the patrons of the pub.
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''We are also surprised you have experience of doing her job and you cannot remember the incident because of the amount of alcohol you drank.
"However we do accept that you showed genuine remorse right from the beginning."
