News Assignment 7

Stanley gets smashing sentence

Carl Stanley slashed a young woman’s face with a glass after heavy drinking, Bournemouth Crown Court heard today.
Mr Stanley hit Miss Hiscot after arguing with one of her friends just before midnight in Yates Wine Bar, said Stuart Ellicott, prosecuting.
Mr Ellicott said that Stanley had drunk six two litre bottles of cider and a bottle of Vodka at home, lost his friend in the bar and drunk further before approaching the girl on the dance floor.
Stanley then threw his drink over the girl, causing Hiscot to retaliate and throw her drink over his chest.
Enraged, Stanley lashed out with his right hand, allegedly forgetting the glass and shattering it as he hit her left cheek, said Mr Ellicott.

Hiscot, 28 and working in a nursery home, had deep injuries to the face, including grazes and multiple cuts ranging from one to three centimetres long.
Mr Ellicott said she was rushed to hospital, receiving 25 stitches on her left cheek.
Defence solicitor Emma Southern said Stanley was obtained and ejected from the bar, but returned with: “A moral knowledge that something was wrong.”
Upon returning he was arrested immediately.
Mr Ellicot said Hiscott is now “reluctant to go out and even moved to tears when looking at herself in the mirror.”

Mr Stanley was previously convicted for stabbing two men in March, 2004.
He was sentenced to six years imprisonment, but was released to serve the last two years on license.
Mrs Southern said that he wants to address his alcohol problem and did not intend the glass to be used as a weapon.
Judge John Harrow sentenced Carl Stanley for grievous bodily harm without intent.
Stanley received 1 year of imprisonment for his outstanding sentence and 2 years on license.