Ollerton teen scarred woman for life when he tossed heavy glass onto dance floor

CCTV recorded Jay-Lee Robinson as he lobbed the heavy polycarbonate container in the Rush nightclub, on Clumber Street, on the night of April 23, last year, said prosecutor Alexis Mercer.

His victim felt a sudden blow just above her eye and realised she was bleeding.

In a statement she said she experienced “constant and throbbing headaches, flickering vision and flashbacks,” and had to take a week off work before starting a new job with an eye injury.

She said her resting heart rate has increased and she now suffers from a chronic skin condition as a result of anxiety.

When warm water ran down her face in the first shower she took after she was injured, she was reminded of the blood running down her face in the night club, she said.

She is undergoing therapy and says she is now nervous when driving which has impacted on her ability to travel.

Pars Samrai, mitigating, said Robinson, of previous good character, was remorseful but the offence was committed recklessly.

“I was surprised when I saw the CCTV,” he said. “It is a typical scenario. Young people dancing and having a good time.

“It is clear there is no hostility on his part. He picked up his friend's glass when it fell to the floor and he lobbed it. He says, “I was getting it out of the way.”

"A stupid way of doing it. It didn't cross his mind that it would hurt anyone.

“On another day it wouldn’t have troubled anyone. He is not the sort of lad who would go out of his way to harm anyone."

Robinson, aged 19, of Cedar Lane, Ollerton, admitted assault causing actual bodily harm, when he appeared at Mansfield Magistrates Court, on March 19.

The presiding magistrate told him: “That person could have lost their eye.”

The case was adjourned until Wednesday when he received a 12-month community order with 140 hours of unpaid work and 20 rehabilitation days. He was ordered to pay £1,500 compensation to his victim.