Man threw cocktail glasses at drinker in Shrewsbury's Libertine bar

Nathan Webster, of Brunswick Park Road, Wednesbury, was sentenced at Shrewsbury Crown Court for two separate incidents.

The 35-year-old admitted a charge of section 20 wounding, and a charge of causing actual bodily harm.

The wounding offence took place in Shrewsbury’s Libertine bar on February 17 this year.

Dylan Wagg, prosecuting, told the court Webster has been at the venue with a woman and were sitting together at a table, when a man sitting on a table nearby with another man, wished the woman a happy birthday.

The court was told Webster shouted aggressively before throwing a cocktail glass at the man, hitting his head.

Webster than picked up a second cocktail glass and threw it towards the man, with the glass smashing on his face.

Mr Wagg said the defendant was removed from the venue.

He added that the victim had sustained a two-inch cut to his forehead, and three cuts above his left eye.

The court was told the defendant was identified by CCTV, and admitted it was him in the images when shown the footage by police.

The actual bodily harm offence had taken place on December 20 last year - involving one of Webster’s female relations.

Mr Wagg said they had become involved in an argument - and it was accepted that the woman had struck him first.

But the court was told Webster proceeded to push her over, and bit her on the cheek.

Mr Wagg said Webster has a number of previous convictions, including for ABH and arson.

Paul Smith, mitigating, said the case was one where the court could suspend any sentence, and that it would need to balance that against the short duration any prison sentence would result in - when considered against the fact only 40 per cent of the term is served, and Webster had already spent six months on remand.

He accepted the defendant has significant previous convictions but said he had made progress while on remand and had been given enhanced prisoner status - but was struggling due to a lack of support from authorities to deal with diagnosed mental health issues.

The offence also put Webster in breach of a three month suspended prison sentence.

Sentencing Judge Peter Barrie said: “Using broken glass to injure people in pubs or bars is a serious aggravating factor of any offending.”

Webster was jailed for a total of 20 months - 12 months for the wounding offence, five months for actual bodily harm, and three months for the activation of his suspended sentence.

Addressing his decision to impose an immediate custodial sentence Judge Barrie said: “I do not think it is appropriate or frankly in your interest to suspend it today.”