article_snippet: A man who smashed a pint glass into a friend's neck during his sister's wedding reception was jailed for three and half years today.
article_snippet: the defendant expresses the defendant gratitude to the surgeons at the Royal Preston Hospital to remove the shards of glass still in the very vulnerable area of his neck.
article_snippet: You committed the offence when Mr Bennett was leaving the premises where the party had taken place. '
article_snippet: Mr Bennett was beyond the gateway, Mr Bennett was on the road walking away from the property when you attacked Mr Bennett when you had a glass in your hand.
article_snippet: It may have been that when you left you did not have in your mind attacking Mr Bennett with a glass. '
article_snippet: You went after Mr Bennett, when you did confront Mr Bennett for reasons known only to yourself you struck Mr Bennett with a glass to the side of the neck that caused not only life threatening injuries but very unsightly scarring Mr Bennett will have to live with for the rest of Mr Bennett life long after you have served your prison sentence. '
article_snippet: You used a glass as a weapon, thankfully a glass was not a weapon which was already smashed but even in a glass a glass was still a weapon.'
article_snippet: You have resorted to violence rather than walking away from violence.